Pierre Nicholas Francois Type: Person Identifier: 204314 Title: Pierre Nicholas Francois Unique ID: Pierre Nicholas Francois Standard Name: Nicholas Francois Manuscript Name: Peal Necolar Francis Peal Nekolo Francis, Gov. Peal Nicholas Francis Peal Nicola Francis Peer Nicholor Francis Peol Nicola Francis Piel Nicola Francis Pier Nicholar Francis Pierre Nicola Francis Ethnicity: Penobscot Place Vital: Old Town, ME Date: 1836-06-14 1838-01-23 1840-01-14 1840-02 1840-02-03 1840-02-05 1840-02-13 1840-06-18 1841 1843-01-17 1858-03-27 Events that this Person attendedItem 103171 Signed a petition to have the state place education money in the hands of the priest.Item 133722 Petitioned complaining of injustice by the Fairfield administration; request payment for Rev. Thomas Sullivan, Pastor of the Catholic Church in Bangor.Item 103247 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 103248 Petitioned for their legislative representatives to be paid board from the Indian fund. Passage refused.Item 133748 Petitioned re: election law failed. Tribe realizes it can't live by hunting, must adopt agriculture; state agent bribed Governor and Lieut. Governor (drunkards, $500 each) to support sale of 4 townships.Item 133749 Petitioned that Penobscot land titles be vested in the Indians, not the state, as inducement to agriculture. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133750 Petitioned to elect governor by ballot.Item 133751 Petitioned to elect tribal officers by ballot.Item 133762 Petitioned the legislature that Pierre Thomas was the Penobscot representative, not John Neptune.Item 101106 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.Item 133825 Penobscot petition to Gov. Kent expressing anger at the former Fairfield adnimistration for witholding their priest's salary.Item 134563 Signed letter putting two lots into the hands of Bishop Fenwick. "We apointed new govs"Mentions of this PersonItem 21659 census of Penobscot Indians, 48 years old. Names of wife and 2 children not given.Item 21660 Signed a petition to have the state place education money in the hands of the priest.Item 21657 Petitioned complaining of injustice by the Fairfield administration; request payment for Rev. Thomas Sullivan, Pastor of the Catholic Church in Bangor.Item 41841 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 21661 Petitioned for their legislative representatives to be paid board from the Indian fund. Passage refused.Item 21653 Petitioned re: election law failed. Tribe realizes it can't live by hunting, must adopt agriculture; state agent bribed Governor and Lieut. Governor (drunkards, $500 each) to support sale of 4 townships.Item 21654 Petitioned to elect governor by ballot.Item 21655 Petitioned to elect tribal officers by ballot.Item 21656 Petitioned that Penobscot land titles be vested in the Indians, not the state, as inducement to agriculture. Indefinitely postponed.Item 21658 Petitioned the legislature that Pierre Thomas was the Penobscot representative, not John Neptune.Item 21662 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.Item 21663 Penobscot petition to Gov. Kent expressing anger at the former Fairfield adnimistration for witholding their priest's salary.Item 21652 Signed letter putting two lots into the hands of Bishop Fenwick. "We apointed new govs"Source Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300287 Knowlton, J. C. “Census of the Penobscot ...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 300391 1841 Petition of the Penobscot Tribe to Governor ...Item 300457 Penobscots to Bishop Fenwick, Manuscript ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Pierre Nicholas Francois,” HRI-FNE, accessed June 11, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/67578.Item204314 Save this item as a PDF file
