Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts

A dialogue between an Englishman and Indian man on differences between Native American and English life

Correspondence between the Governor of Massachusetts and his father in England about the state of affairs in New England at the start of the Pequot War

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A request to the Court for the release of funds necessary to support three Indian children put under his care

A request for liberty to sell a parcel of unimproved common land to Simeon and Nathaniel Fish

A request for authorization to grant a piece of land to Rev. Gideon Hawley, their longtime minister, in order to encourage his efforts at Mashpee

A request to the Court for the release of funds necessary to support three Indian children put under his care

A request that Gideon Hawley be granted land for a house lot, improvement rights to 30 cleared acres, and, while minister to the tribe, use of enough marsh land so as to harvest five tons of hay, and the right to harvest firewood from tribal lands

Contributions by Rev. John Hilman's congregation at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Shrewton, for the benefit of Indigenous communities in New England

An account of the amount of wood taken by Phineas Fish from the parsonage and its value