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I do promise to bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George the third [manuscript] : Menaguashe near Fort Howe [Saint John, N.B.], 1778 Sept. 24.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--North America--Government relations.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Malecite Indians.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America.
- Great Britain.
- Saint John (N.B.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1778]
- Summary:
- Contemporary copy of the Sept. 24, 1778, oath of allegiance to King George III taken by forty-one representatives of the Micmac Tribe at Mengou che near Fort Howe (now Saint John, N.B.).
- Notes:
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
- AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 3134.
- Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
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