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Nannowsquah. Her Mark & Seal
Mohican. Nannowsquah’s homelands in and around the areas known commonly today as “Berkshire County,” and parts of “Hampshire County, Massachusetts,” and beyond.
This document representing a conveyance of land along the Housatonic River in Mohican homelands. Nannowsquah (also spelled Naunowsquah) appears as one of several Mohican signatories.
The original document signed on June 2, 1737. This is a later copy.
Seen at Sawyer Library, Williams College.
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