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Manuscript DS, one page, 7.5 x 6, Bangor, Maine, January 18, 1819. A midwinter plea for food submitted to General John Blake, in full: "Please to pay Jno. Freese five dollars out of the State's money—for beef to supply our tribe." Signed with the marks of Penobscot chiefs John Neptune, Paul Molley, and Paul Lessup, and countersigned by witness John Barker. In fine condition.