Noel Petit Paul Type: Person Identifier: 212523 Title: Noel Petit Paul Unique ID: Noel Petit Paul Standard Name: Petit Paul Manuscript Name: Newel Poles Newel Polis Newel Poris Newel Porus Newell Poles Newell Polis Newell Polus Newell Poris Newell Porus Noel Polcies Noel Poris Noel bolis Ethnicity: Penobscot Place Event: Augusta, ME Place Vital: Nashwak (Fredericton, NB area)Old Town, ME Date: 1827-12-26 1832-07-08 1834-12-31 1837-01 1837-12-26 1838-01 1838-02-24 1838-05-31 1838-06-16 1838-07-29 1840-02-03 1841-12-29 1842 1842-01-15 1842-06-06 1842-07-04 1842-09-26 1842-10-19 1843-01-20 1843-02-02 1843-02-20 1843-12-27 1844-01-01 1844-01-27 1844-09-12 1844-10-30 1844-12-30 1845-11-28 1846-01-05 1849-03-18 1858-03-27 Events that this Person attendedItem 130774 Witnessed baptism of Louis Bear.Item 132214 census of Penobscot Indians, 40 years old.Item 132217 census of Penobscot Indians, 14 years old.Item 132851 Petitioned Governor for funds to support a priest.Item 104616 Petitioned about Catholic faction ejecting the Protestant Mohegan preacher they were attending meetings with.Item 133000 On agent's list of agricultural products for 1845.Item 133223 Agent paid for land plowed for him.Item 133322 Agent paid bounty for harvest.Item 133407 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 133409 Agent recorded estimate of crop production for the year in detail.Item 133458 Penobscot Governor and Council appointed Joseph Petit Paul agent to legislature.Item 133500 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master. (Different from the letter with identical text dated 01/30/1844 in MSAECR 54.)Item 133503 Wrote to the governor and council to request a school. Signed with a mark.Item 133589 Penobscot Governor and Council request no change in agent.Item 133688 Letter to Gov. & Council in support of agent Richardson.Item 101565 Petitioned in opposition to abolish tradditional practice of chosing tribal officers "for life."Item 133700 Signed a petition requesting suits of clothes for Augusta for John Neptune and Capt. Pierre Thomas. The request was translated from Penobscot.Item 104126 Petitioned to have common lands divided to encourage agriculture.Item 101566 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133743 Names are hard to read. Ten not attempted; signed petition to keep Henry Richardson as their agent.Item 133744 Petitioned to remove agent Richardson; some unreadable names on attached signature list.Item 133779 Signed a petition as among those agrieved by sale of the four Indian townships.Item 133782 Old Party member, wanted Pierre Thomas's expenses held up for investigation of his activities in Augusta.Item 134008 Confirmed.Show 18 moreMentions of this PersonItem 45932 Authorized Hardy to sell his hay.Item 45933 Sold hay for $65.97.Item 45924 Witnessed baptism of Louis Bear.Item 45922 census of Penobscot Indians, 14 years old.Item 45923 census of Penobscot Indians, 40 years old.Item 45930 Petitioned.Item 45900 Petitioned Governor for funds to support a priest.Item 45929 Petitioned about Catholic faction ejecting the Protestant Mohegan preacher they were attending meetings with.Item 45931 Petitioned (successfully) for money to buy oxen.Item 45920 Agent's supply vouchers for 1845.Item 45921 On agent's list of agricultural products for 1845.Item 45906 Agent paid for land plowed for him.Item 45907 Agent paid him for hauling potatoes.Item 45910 Agent paid bounty for harvest.Item 45912 Agent bought seed oats for him.Item 45913 Agent bought medicine for his wife.Item 45914 Agent bought bleached cotton robe for his (dead?) child.Item 45916 Agent recorded crop production for the year in detail.Item 45919 Agent recorded estimate of crop production for the year in detail.Item 45909 Penobscot Governor and Council appointed Joseph Petit Paul agent to legislature.Item 45915 Received agricultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 45917 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master. (Different from the letter with identical text dated 01/30/1844 in MSAECR 54.)Item 45918 Wrote to the governor and council to request a school. Signed with a mark.Item 45911 Penobscot Governor and Council request no change in agent.Item 45901 Letter to Gov. & Council in support of agent Richardson.Item 45926 Petitioned in opposition to abolish tradditional practice of chosing tribal officers "for life."Item 45904 Signed a petition requesting suits of clothes for Augusta for John Neptune and Capt. Pierre Thomas. The request was translated from Penobscot.Item 45925 Petitioned to have common lands divided to encourage agriculture.Item 45927 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 45905 Names are hard to read. Ten not attempted; signed petition to keep Henry Richardson as their agent.Item 45928 Petitioned to remove agent Richardson; some unreadable names on attached signature list.Item 45903 Signed a petition as among those agrieved by sale of the four Indian townships.Item 45908 Old Party member, wanted Pierre Thomas's expenses held up for investigation of his activities in Augusta.Item 45902 Confirmed.Show 28 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300157 EIPP Eckstorm Indian Pawn Papers Manuscript ...Item 300233 Hamilton et al. 1998 Hamilton, Willis D ...Item 300287 Knowlton 1987 Knowlton, J. C. 1987 Census ...Item 300364 MSAECJ Maine State Archives Journal of the ...Item 300365 MSAECR Maine State Archives Executive Council ...Item 300370 MSALGY Maine State Legislature Graveyard ...Item 300371 MSALI Maine State Archives Legislative Index ...Item 300434 OTR Old Town Register, Portland Chancery Relationships Enlarge Citation “Noel Petit Paul,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed April 24, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/60822.Item212523 Save this item as a PDF file
