Minutes of Meeting of the Governor, Deputy and Assistant at Newport

DateNovember 26 1663

Event TypeInstitutional Minutes

DescriptionDocument recording that some years prior, a group of Narragansett sachems, including Quissuckquash and Ninigret, had submitted themselves as subjects to the British King Charles. In addition to the written record of that submission, they petitioned the king for relief of several wrongs that were committed against them by colonies other than Rhode Island. The minutes indicate that sachems were informed and showed thanks that the king had released their lands from forced purchases and mortgages from other colonies.