Skip to main contentTreaty - To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall Come Massahacs, Caemschack and Machatawe native owners and only proprietors of lands and woodlands hereafter mentioned called Schaahkook
[ou "Copy of the Indian Deed of Schaghticoke July 1 1707 N.0 37 = y of the Indian Deed of Schaghticoke July 1 1707 N.0 37" ?] | McCord Museum
This document is a copy of the deed by which the Schaghticoke Indigenous people sold their land to the city of Albany on July 1, 1707, in exchange for a few goods. The deed stipulates that the Schaghticoke would receive other goods on an annual basis. The marks of the Six Nations of the Schaghticoke appear on the document, along with the signatures of the aldermen present. The arrival of new settlers in the succeeding years made cohabitation between the two communities difficult, and the Schaghticoke would be forced to quit the region in the mid-18th century to join their Indigenous allies in the colony of Canada, in New France.
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Treaty
To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall Come Massahacs, Caemschack and Machatawe native owners and only proprietors of lands and woodlands hereafter mentioned called Schaahkook
[ou "Copy of the Indian Deed of Schaghticoke July 1 1707 N.0 37 = y of the Indian Deed of Schaghticoke July 1 1707 N.0 37" ?]
Date
July 1, 1707
Dimensions1 textual record ; 31.3 x 21.8 cm
Origin
Albany, United States, North America
Object NumberS001/D1.3,3.1.1-2
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentIn 1686 the charter of the city of Albany (The Dongan Charter) gave the mayor, the aldermen and the city of Albany the right to purchase and patent land surrounding the city that belonged to the Indigenous Schaghticoke nations. In the late 17th century Albany’s Dutch settlers began lobbying to acquire this land. In 1698 landowner Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667-1740) purchased and patented a huge part of the territory belonging to the Indigenous people, thereby upsetting the city’s plans. After an out-of-court agreement was reached, Van Rensselaer ceded his patent to the city the following year. This document is a copy of the deed by which the Schaghticoke Indigenous people sold their land to the city of Albany on July 1, 1707, in exchange for a few goods. The deed stipulates that the Schaghticoke would receive other goods on an annual basis. The marks of the Six Nations of the Schaghticoke appear on the document, along with the signatures of the aldermen present. The arrival of new settlers in the succeeding years made cohabitation between the two communities difficult, and the Schaghticoke would be forced to quit the region in the mid-18th century to join their Indigenous allies in the colony of Canada, in New France.
NotesSource of title: based on the title of the document.
Signatures and inscriptions: the marks of the Indigenous signatories Caemskaek, Machatawe and Mashahaes serve as signatures; the document was also signed by a judge and a sheriff.
Physical description: 2 pages.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Signatures and inscriptions: the marks of the Indigenous signatories Caemskaek, Machatawe and Mashahaes serve as signatures; the document was also signed by a judge and a sheriff.
Physical description: 2 pages.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Status
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Know all men by these presents that who underwritten Mashahacs and Machatawe Indian owners and native proprietors
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S001/D1.3,3.2.1-2
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Wm. Notman & Son Ltd.
1936-1937
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S001/A2.2,5.43
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Mary Van Horne
1900/07/18
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