Original Documents Related to Indians in "Main-Street"

Deeds and Records

• (This article describes the history behind the original document and gives the price of 20 pounds, English money for the purchase of Salem.)
  
  
• Excerpts from the Indian Deed to Salem, 1686, giving the boundaries of the land purchase and the names of Naumkeag Indians and Salem settlers. (courtesy of the Salem City Clerk's Office)
  
  
• "Indians Taking Salem Fishing Vessels" from First Church of Salem's records (transcription)

	The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686 Full view of The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686
	Indian Names on the Salem Deed, 1686 Detail of the Indian Deed to Salem, 1686. The marks of Sam Wuttaanoh, John Tontohqunne and Cicely Petaghuncksq are shown.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686 Back side of The Indian Deed to Salem, 1686
	The Squaw Sachem's Mark. Detail of an early document showing the bow and arrow that was the Squaw Sachem's Mark. The words identifying the "signature" were written by a clerk.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Indian Signatures from Early Massachusetts Documents Indian Signatures from Sidney Perley's History of Salem, Massachusetts. (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

Maps

	This is William Wood's map, taken from his book, New England's Prospect, which includes one of the earliest descriptive accounts of Salem, Massachusetts, the local Indians, and the natural environment.
	Indian Lands and Localities in Essex County Massachusetts Map of Essex County, Massachusetts from Sidney Perley's Indian Deeds of Essex County, 1912, showing Indian place names and tribal areas.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Map of Indian Lands and Localities in Essex County Massachusetts Map of Essex County, Massachusetts from Sidney Perley's Indian Deeds of Essex County  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	The First "Main Street": Site of the Old Planters Settlement at Naumkeag This map illustrates the site of the first English settlement in Naumkeag. Here Roger Conant came with his companions in the autumn of 1626.
	Map of New England in 1640 This map of New England in 1640 shows the region's major towns and settlements.  (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Essex County, Massachusetts in 1643. This map illustrates the first towns or "plantations" in northeastern Massachusetts.
	Relief Map of Salem Relief map of Salem from Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	"The Ancient Ways" of Essex County The old roads of the Salem area from Sidney Perley's The History of Salem Massachusetts (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)
	Endecott Lands, Danvers (Salem Village) John Endecott Lands in Danversport Area (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

Illustrations, Title Pages, and Autographs

	Indian Village (From Hariot's "Relation") Illustration from A Popular History of the United States by William Cullen Bryant. New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1896.  (courtesy of The Boston Public Library.)
	Title Page, "Eulogy on King Philip" by William Apes, 1836. Rev. William Apes, "Eulogy on King Philip"
	Roger Conant Autograph The Autograph of Roger Conant (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA)

	Cover of Main- Street by Nathaniel Hawthorne with introduction by Julian Hawthorne (1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Title page of Main Street with introduction by Julian Hawthorne (1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Introduction to Main Street by Julian Hawthorne (p. 5)(1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Introduction to Main Street by Julian Hawthorne (p. 6)(1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Introduction to Main Street by Julian Hawthorne (p. 7)(1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Introduction to Main Street by Julian Hawthorne (p. 8)(1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Introduction to Main Street by Julian Hawthorne (p. 9)(1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)
	Introduction to Main Street by Julian Hawthorne (p. 10)(1901) Kirgate Press, Lewis Budd 3rd, at "Hillside" in Canton, PA (courtesy of Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine)