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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00540.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1798 |
| Title | Statement sent to Joseph Saltar regarding the refusal of the Brotherton Indians to leave New Jersey |
| Date | 20 January 1798 |
| Author | Calvin, Bartholomew (fl. 1780) |
| Additional authors | Skekit, Jacob |
| Document Type | Land transaction document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Statement sent to Joseph Saltar that describes meeting in which the Brotherton unanimously agreed to express their refusal to leave "our fine place in Jersey" in the face of white encroachment. Signed in full by Jacob Skekit and Bartholomew Calvin, and eighteen other Indians. Eighteen years earlier, the same group had expressed alarm over white settlers moving onto their land (see GLC00540.01). Brotherton, New Jersey is now known as Indian Mills in Burlington County, in Southern N.J. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Petition Land Transaction |
| People | Calvin, Bartholomew (fl. 1780-1798) Skekit, Jacob (fl. 1780-1798) Saltar, Joseph (fl. 1798) |
| Place written | Indian Mills, New Jersey |
| Theme | Native Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Statement signed by eight Indians opposing white settlement on their land in Brotherton, New Jersey |