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Petition of Margaret Peters and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
Community:
Chappaquiddick
Category:
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Petition of Charlotte M. Belain and Other Christiantown Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
Summary:
A request for relief from the encroachments of neighbors and a description of the losses resulting from said depredations
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Christiantown
Category:
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Petition of Sarah Mye and Other Mashpee Indians to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Summary:
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category:
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Petition of Elijah Pocknet and Other Mashpee Indians to to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Summary:
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee and the encroachment of non-natives on the their lands
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category:
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Resolution on the Petition of Fortune and Abigail Burnee to Governor Thomas Hutchinson and the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Summary:
Resolve granting the request to sell a portion of their land so that they might have the funds to build a barn
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nipmuc
Category:
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Petition of Fortune and Abigail Burnee to Governor Thomas Hutchinson and the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Summary:
A request to sell a portion of their land so that they might have the funds to build a barn
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nipmuc
Category:
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Petition of Margaret Peters and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
Summary:
A request for the interposition of the Legislature in the protection of the rights and privileges of the Chappaquiddick Indians
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Chappaquiddick
Category:
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Petition of Thomas Jernegan and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
Summary:
A request for intercession on behalf of white proprietors due to encroachments by Chappaquiddick Indians
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Chappaquiddick
Category:
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Petition of Hannah Porridge and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
Summary:
A request of the Chappaquiddick Indians concerning land disputes
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Chappaquiddick
Category:
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Petition of Simon Porridge and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court
Summary:
A request that the fence or division between Indian and non-indian lands be maintained
Community:
Indian Papers Project Editors, Chappaquiddick
Category:
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas