Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts

Agreement of the Nipmuc Indians with the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Summary: 
A statement expressing the Nipmuc Indians' desire to adopt Christianity and to submit to the laws of Massachusetts Bay
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nipmuc
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Isaiah Belain, Abraham Brown, and Lawrence Prince to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Community: 
Chappaquiddick
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Petition of Samuel Chandler and Others to the Massachusetts General Court

Summary: 
A request of Samuel Chandler and other representatives for the original proprietors of Hassanamisco asking for intervention in a land dispute between the Indians and other proprietors who Chandler and others believe do not have any land claims
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nipmuc
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of John Eliot to the Massachusetts General Court

Summary: 
A request by John Eliot seeking additional land for the Indian plantation at Natick
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Natick
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Inhabitants of the Town of Nantucket to the Massachusetts General Court

Summary: 
A complaint of the treatment of men in the the employ of the whale fishery to include Indians and a request for an inquiry into the matter
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nantucket
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Petition of Thomas Jeffers, Zaccheus Howwaswee, and Charles Mingo, Selectmen of Gayhead, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request for the approved allowance in support of their schools and an additional sum for purchasing school books
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of George Belain and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request for the approved allowance in support of their schools
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Thomas Jeffers and Other Gay Head Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request for the approved allowance in support of their schools
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Thomas Jeffers and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request for the approved allowance in support of their schools
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Zaccheus Howwaswee and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request for the approved allowance in support of their schools
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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