Petition of Jonathan Capen, Guardian to the Ponkapoag Indians, to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request seeking authorization to sell Indian land so as to pay debts that have accumulated and with the residual to pay himself for six years worth of service to the tribe
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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Protocol: 
Massachusett at Ponkapoag Public
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Keywords: 
Pending
Original Date: 
1773 May 1st
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.33, Doc.579
Related Items: 
Jonathan Capen's Account of the Ponkapog Indians for the Year 1772
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Identifier: 
1773.05.00.01
Subject: 
Massachusett at Ponkapoag
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Jonathan Capen's Account of the Ponkapog Indians for the Year 1772Resolve on the Petition of Jonathan Capen, Guardian to the Ponkapoag Indians, to the Massachusetts General Court