Information of Josiah Edson and John Turner, Guardian of the Indians in Plymouth County, to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
Information regarding the inaccurate surveying of land sold by Patience Thomas, Abigail Osgood, and Caleb Brand to Nehemiah Cushing and Israel Turner and request for direction leading to its proper resolution
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Pembroke, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Protocol: 
Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe Public, Massachusett at Ponkapoag Public
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Overseers/Guardians, Conveyances/Land Sales, Women, Land/Property, Surveying
Original Date: 
1767 December 30th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.33, Doc.447-448
Identifier: 
1767.12.30.00
Subject: 
Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusetts at Ponkapoag