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This document is the deed by which the Schaghticoke Indigenous people are said to have sold land to the city of Albany on February 28, 1707, in exchange for certain goods. The deed stipulates that the sellers would receive other goods annually for the next ten years. The marks (and seals?) of the Schaghticoke called Mashahaes, Machatawe and Caemskaek, said to have been selling the land on their own behalf and that of other absent Indigenous people, appear on the document, along with those of three Indigenous witnesses and the signatures of the aldermen or colonial administrators 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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Know all men by these presents that who underwritten Mashahacs and Machatawe Indian owners and native proprietors
[ou "Indian Deed of Schaghticoke Dated 28 feb. 1706/7 N.0 36 = Indian Deed of Schaghticoke Dated 28 feb. 1706/7 N.0 36" ?]
Date
February 28, 1707
Dimensions1 textual record ; 31.4 x 19.4 cm
Origin
Albany, United States, North America
Object NumberS001/D1.3,3.2.1-2
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 the deed by which the Schaghticoke Indigenous people are said to have sold land to the city of Albany on February 28, 1707, in exchange for certain goods. The deed stipulates that the sellers would receive other goods annually for the next ten years. The marks (and seals?) of the Schaghticoke called Mashahaes, Machatawe and Caemskaek, said to have been selling the land on their own behalf and that of other absent Indigenous people, appear on the document, along with those of three Indigenous witnesses and the signatures of the aldermen or colonial administrators 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 (and seals?) of the Indigenous signatories serve as signatures; inscribed on the outside fold “Indian Deed of Schachtekook . 28 Feb. 1706/7.”
Physical description: 2 pages; three wax seals.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Signatures and inscriptions: the marks (and seals?) of the Indigenous signatories serve as signatures; inscribed on the outside fold “Indian Deed of Schachtekook . 28 Feb. 1706/7.”
Physical description: 2 pages; three wax seals.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Status
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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
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