Remonstrance and Petition the Guardians of the Ponkapoag Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request that the Court revisit an earlier petition and grant the guardians authority to sell lands and settle debts on behalf of the tribe, with the additional request that the Court accept the resignation of said guardians
Location: 
Place written: 

Stoughton, Massachusetts

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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: 
1782 June 27th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.144, Doc.506
Related Items: 
Resolve of the Massachusetts General Court on the Remonstrance and Petition the Guardians of the Ponkapoag Indians
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Identifier: 
1782.06.27.00
Subject: 
Ponkapoag
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Resolve of the Massachusetts General Court on the Remonstrance and Petition the Guardians of the Ponkapoag Indians