Joseph Petit Paul [1818] : Penobscot Type: Person Identifier: 212497 Title: Joseph Petit Paul [1818] : Penobscot Unique ID: Joseph Petit Paul 1 Standard Name: Petit Paul Manuscript Name: Jo Polis Jo Poreas Jo Porus Joe Paris Joe Paris __ Joe Polis Joe Polus Joe Poriss Esquire Joe Porus Joseph Polis Joseph Poras Joseph Poris Joseph Porus Ethnicity: Penobscot Place Vital: Bangor, ME Date: 1818-10-15 1829-01-23 1830-02-12 1830-07-04 1833-06 1833-06-25 1835-02-22 1836 1836-01-15 1836-02-08 1836-05-28 1837-01 1837-03-10 1837-06-05 1839-05-28 1839-11-21 1840-05-25 1840-05-27 1840-10-02 1841 1841-01-02 1841-05-18 1841-06-03 1842 1842-01-05 1842-01-15 1842-02-07 1842-02-12 1842-03-12 1842-03-18 1842-05-17 1842-06-03 1842-09-01 1842-09-19 1842-10-11 1842-10-15 1842-10-27 1843 1843-01-26 1843-01-31 1843-02-04 1843-02-08 1843-06-21 1843-12-20 1843-12-27 1844 1844-01 1844-01-27 1844-01-30 1844-02-08 1847-06-25 1849-06-26 1850 1850-06-18 1858-03-27 1863-12-08 Events that this Person attendedItem 104588 Legislature paid him for travel to legislature.Item 104564 Legislature paid him $60 for travel to legislature.Item 104593 Legislature paid him $15 for travel to legislature.Item 128491 Captain on the list of Penobscot leaders.Item 104587 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 104590 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 104592 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 132842 Paid $20.Item 104944 Petitioned for new agent.Item 104947 Petitioned for an agent close to Old Town,Item 133117 On agent's vouchers for 1842.Item 133118 Signed a petition for recall of agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 133120 Voted no support for agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 133135 Received payments / supplies throughout the year.Item 133153 Declared not to be a valid tribal representative.Item 133337 Received supplies from agent. Multiple entries throughout the year.Item 133356 Solicited funds to educate Pierre Neptune.Item 133407 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 133465 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 133487 On agent's 1836 list for provisions. Two in family.Item 133501 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master.Item 133661 Agent bought potatoes from him.Item 133726 "So many Indians are not willing to sell land."Item 101530 Signed a petition asking that the land sale of June 10, 1833, be declared void, naming Bartlett and Lovejoy as instigators.Item 133736 Signed petition stating their support of land sale to the state.Item 104126 Petitioned to have common lands divided to encourage agriculture.Item 133765 Petitioned for compensation for damages caused by trespassers and for title to their farmlands.Item 101451 Signed a petition for a law allowing Penobscots to collect damages from trespassers.Item 133794 Land plowed and harrowed for him.Item 133803 Land plowed and harrowed for him.Item 106987 Son Jean Petit Paul enlisted 17th Maine Infantry.Show 25 moreMentions of this PersonItem 45820 Legislature paid him for travel to legislature.Item 45823 Legislature paid him $60 for travel to legislature.Item 45832 Legislature paid him $15 for travel to legislature.Item 45773 Captain on the list of Penobscot leaders.Item 45776 Said to be behaving "foolishly."Item 45772 Belonged to the Old Party.Item 45814 Census of Penobscot Indians, 47 years old. [1858]Item 45819 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 45822 Tribal representative to the Maine Legislature.Item 45794 Paid $20.Item 45804 Paid to finish his house.Item 45813 Remonstrance against movements of Passamaquoddy Solomon Dequash.Item 45825 Petitioned with others for removal of agent.Item 45828 Petitioned for funds to finish his house.Item 45831 Petitioned to be paid by agent; granted.Item 45787 House burned; worth $1,000. Tribe petitioned for $200 to replace it.Item 45803 Had build a (nw) house; petitioned for money for clapboards.Item 45826 Petitioned for new agent.Item 45827 Petitioned for an agent close to Old Town,Item 45824 Petitioned for money to finish his house.Item 45796 Penobscot governor and Council petition to have agent build him a house after his old one burned.Item 45791 On agent's vouchers for 1842.Item 45774 Voted no support for agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 45817 Signed a petition for recall of agent Joshua Chamberlain.Item 45810 Received payments / supplies throughout the year.Item 45809 Declared not to be a valid tribal representative.Item 45790 Agent paid bounty for harvest. (Orson Island)Item 45793 Received supplies from agent. Multiple entries throughout the year.Item 45799 Agent bought nails for him.Item 45800 Agent paid labor bill for his house.Item 45802 Agent bought lead for him, probably chimney flashing.Item 45795 Agent paid for timbers for his house.Item 45797 Agent bought him medicine.Item 45798 Agent bought him medicine. Multiple entries.Item 45780 Solicited funds to educate Pierre Neptune.Item 45805 Agent purchased medicine.Item 45806 Agent purchased medicine for his wife.Item 45807 Agent bought him lumber for his house.Item 45808 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 45792 House burned. Petitioned Governor and Council for help.Item 45801 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 45777 On agent's 1836 list for provisions. Two in family.Item 45811 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master.Item 45785 Agent bought potatoes from him.Item 45786 Paid by agent for services to the tribe in 1838.Item 45788 Agent paid him for ferriage.Item 45789 Agent paid his bill.Item 45775 Agent paid him for tribal business.Item 45778 Signed a petition for Solomon Suason to like there. Probably Joseph Petit Paul.Item 45779 Agent bought seed from him.Item 45815 "So many Indians are not willing to sell land."Item 45816 Signed petition stating their support of land sale to the state.Item 45818 Signed a petition asking that the land sale of June 10, 1833, be declared void, naming Bartlett and Lovejoy as instigators.Item 45821 Petitioned to have common lands divided to encourage agriculture.Item 45812 Petitioned for compensation for damages caused by trespassers and for title to their farmlands.Item 45829 Signed a petition for a law allowing Penobscots to collect damages from trespassers.Item 45781 Land plowed and harrowed for him.Item 45782 Witnessed payment of Pierre Michel Joseph.Item 45783 Land plowed and harrowed for him.Item 45784 Agent paid for boat fare for him and his mother.Item 45833 Son Jean Petit Paul enlisted 17th Maine Infantry. [1863]Item 45861 Agent paid to have land plowed.Show 56 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300003 Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of ...Item 300030 Bangor Weekly Register.Item 300114 Letter from (Rev?) James Conway to Lieut ...Item 300164 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy. Old John Neptune ...Item 300287 Knowlton, J. C. “Census of the Penobscot ...Item 300348 Maine Law Library list of tribal representatives ...Item 300364 Maine State Archives Journal of the Executive ...Item 300365 Maine State Archives Executive Council Report ...Item 300368 Maine State Archives Indian Affairs Box. ...Item 300370 Maine State Legislature Graveyard, Maine ...Item 300371 Maine State Archives Legislative Index.Item 300407 Ne-Do-Ba Relationships Enlarge Citation “Joseph Petit Paul [1818] : Penobscot,” HRI-FNE, accessed August 9, 2026, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/57733.Item212497 Save this item as a PDF file
