Photocopy: Deposition of Thomas James concerning the bounds of the Shinnecock Indians, of Southampton, N.Y., with the Montauk Indians, in East Hampton, N.Y., East Hampton, N.Y., October 18, 1667. Deposition of Reverend Thomas James, a frequent intermediary between Long Island Indians and settlers regarding land transactions; this deposition recites testimony of local Indian women providing account of pre-contact territorial acknowledgements between the Montauk and Shinnecock Tribes, in the Accabonac Harbor area of East Hampton Township, N.Y. See: East Hampton Town Records, vol. 1, p 260-1 for transcription. See: East Hampton Town Roll 10 microfilm of orginal document in book 2, page 126 to compare John Mulford signature (Morton Pennypacker's note at bottom of photostat: "I question above signature [of John Mulford], see p. 261 of vol. 1).