Francois Beetle Type: Person Identifier: 201657 Title: Francois Beetle Unique ID: Francois Beetle Standard Name: Beetle Manuscript Name: Franceway Bettle Francis Beetle Francis Bettle Francis Bidelle Fransway Beetle Fransway Betle Planso Lue bidel Swansaway Bettle Swansoway Bettle Ethnicity: Passamaquoddy Penobscot Place Vital: Old Town, ME Date: 1840-01 1840-01-14 1840-06-18 1840-12-30 1842-01 1842-01-07 1843-01-17 1843-02-01 1843-02-04 1844 1844-01-30 1844-02-08 Events that this Person attendedItem 100549 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 101450 Petitioned to support lease of fishing priviledge to Jo Mary Michel and Winslow Staples.Item 133501 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master.Item 133722 Petitioned complaining of injustice by the Fairfield administration; request payment for Rev. Thomas Sullivan, Pastor of the Catholic Church in Bangor.Item 133753 Petitioned for a change in the distribution ot tribal funds.Item 133754 Petitioned for biennial elections of governor and lieutenant governor.Item 100890 Petitioned to be able to select their leaders so as to reconcile the tribe. Many names are hard to read.Item 133756 Petitioned to replace Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to elect new ones and to end influence of British tribes. Indefinitely postponed.Item 133761 Signed a letter appointing Pierre Thomas representative to the legislature.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 101106 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.ChildItem 211267 Therese NoelMentions of this PersonItem 14051 Petitioned to support lease of fishing priviledge to Jo Mary Michel and Winslow Staples.Item 14052 Petitioned to defend agent Hayford.Item 14047 Penobscots petition for money to send leaders to Caughnawaga (Canawaga); want a priest instead of a school master.Item 14043 Petitioned complaining of injustice by the Fairfield administration; request payment for Rev. Thomas Sullivan, Pastor of the Catholic Church in Bangor.Item 14044 Petitioned for a change in the distribution ot tribal funds.Item 14042 Petitioned for biennial elections of governor and lieutenant governor.Item 14045 Petitioned to replace Governor and Lieutenant Governor, to elect new ones and to end influence of British tribes. Indefinitely postponed.Item 14050 Petitioned to be able to select their leaders so as to reconcile the tribe. Many names are hard to read.Item 14046 Signed a letter appointing Pierre Thomas representative to the legislature.Item 14048 Petitioned for compensation for damages caused by trespassers and for title to their farmlands.Item 14053 Signed a petition for a law allowing Penobscots to collect damages from trespassers.Item 14049 Requested that no more funds be spent on schooling away from Old Town Island.Source Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300365 MSAECR Maine State Archives Executive Council ...Item 300368 MSAIAB Maine State Archives Indian Affairs ...Item 300370 MSALGY Maine State Legislature Graveyard ...Item 300371 MSALI Maine State Archives Legislative Index ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Francois Beetle,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed April 26, 2025, https://hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/69808.Item201657 Save this item as a PDF file
