Francois Crow [1827] : Penobscot Type: Person Identifier: 203059 Title: Francois Crow [1827] : Penobscot Unique ID: Francois Crow Standard Name: Crow Manuscript Name: Fr Crow Francis Crow Ethnicity: Penobscot Place Event: Augusta, ME Place Vital: Old Town, ME Date: 1827-12-26 1831-05-29 1831-06-30 1833-06 1836-05-28 1836-06-14 1837-11-10 1837-12-26 1838-01 1838-01-23 1838-02-24 1838-06-11 1838-07-23 1838-12-17 1840-01-14 1840-12-30 1841-05-01 1842-11-02 Events that this Person attendedItem 132851 Petitioned Governor for funds to support a priest.Item 133218 Agent bought seed potatoes for him.Item 133250 Penobscots petitioned for compensation for hosting Saint John and Passamaquoddy delegates.Item 133251 Protested against Penobscot governors for life; elected new governore by ballot.Item 133252 Petitioned to have spending of tribal funds changed to focus instead on education, poor relief and cultivation.Item 133387 Ordered agent to pay a merchant.Item 133479 On agent's 1836 list for provisions, five in family.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 133725 Signed a proclamation deposing John Attean.Item 101530 Signed a petition asking that the land sale of June 10, 1833, be declared void, naming Bartlett and Lovejoy as instigators.Item 101566 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133753 Petitioned for a change in the distribution ot tribal funds.Item 101106 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.Item 134562 Signed a letter putting two lots into the hands of Bishop Fenwick.Show 10 moreMentions of this PersonItem 17373 Petitioned Governor for funds to support a priest.Item 17381 Agent bought seed potatoes for him.Item 17382 Agent paid him for clearing out old school house.Item 17383 Penobscots petitioned for compensation for hosting Saint John and Passamaquoddy delegates.Item 17389 Petitioned to have spending of tribal funds changed to focus instead on education, poor relief and cultivation.Item 17390 Protested against Penobscot governors for life; elected new governore by ballot.Item 17376 Ordered agent to pay a merchant.Item 17386 Deceased; widow received agrisultural bounty from agent for produce raised in 1841.Item 17377 On agent's 1836 list for provisions, five in family.Item 17385 Agent's 1841 vouchers for supplies; "sick."Item 17374 Letter to Gov. & Council in support of agent Richardson.Item 17388 Petitioned in opposition to abolish tradditional practice of chosing tribal officers "for life."Item 17379 Agent paid him his "spring division."Item 17380 Signed a petition requesting suits of clothes for Augusta for John Neptune and Capt. Pierre Thomas. The request was translated from Penobscot.Item 17375 Signed a proclamation deposing John Attean.Item 17387 Signed a petition asking that the land sale of June 10, 1833, be declared void, naming Bartlett and Lovejoy as instigators.Item 17391 Petitioned for up to $1000 (from the Indian fund) for a conference with the Saint Johns and Pasamaquoddy Indians. Indefinitely postponed.Item 17384 Petitioned for a change in the distribution ot tribal funds.Item 17392 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.Item 17378 Signed a letter putting two lots into the hands of Bishop Fenwick.Show 14 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 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 300457 Penobscots to Bishop Fenwick, Manuscript ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Francois Crow [1827] : Penobscot,” HRI-FNE, accessed August 9, 2026, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/69795.Item203059 Save this item as a PDF file
