To the Senate and House of Representatives : I herewith lay before the Legislature the report of Seth W. Smith, Esq., Passamaquoddy Indian Agent, made in compliance with a resolve of the Legislature of 1854.

[Maine] : [publisher not identified], [1855]

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At head of title: State of Maine. Council Chamber, February 9, 1855

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"That the Governor and Council be authorized and directed to investigate, defend and settle in such manner as they may deem expedient, the question of title to the lands and islands granted to the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians by the State of Massachusetts, by their treaty with said tribe, dated Sept. 29th, 1794, and to claim and receive of said State, for the benefit of said tribe, an equitable compensation for any of such lands or islands as may prove not to have been legally conveyed to, or placed in possession of said tribe by said State, according to the stipulations of said treaty."--First unnumbered page at end.
Includes a letter of transmittal from Governor Anson P. Morrill to the Maine Senate and House of Representatives (dated February 9, 1955), a report from Seth M. Smith, Passamaquoddy Indian Agent (dated January 30, 1855), "Resolves in relation to Passamaquoddy Indian Lands," and an order of the Senate to print 350 copies of the document.

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Resolves in relation to Passamaquoddy Indian Lands.

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I herewith lay before the Legislature the report of Seth W. Smith, Esq., Passamaquoddy Indian Agent, made in compliance with a resolve of the Legislature of 1854