Trespass

Petition of Elizabeth Sampson to the Massachusetts General Court

Summary: 
A request of Elizabeth Sampson for a resolution to a dispute concerning the estate of her father, Andrew Abraham
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nipmuc
Category: 
Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Resolve on the Petition of Elizabeth Sampson to the Massachusetts General Court

Summary: 
A resolve directing the guardians of the Hassanamisco Indians in the dispute between Elizabeth Sampson and others concerning the estate of Sampson's father, Andrew Abraham
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Nipmuc
Category: 
Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Peter Brand to the Massachusetts General Court

Summary: 
A request from Peter Brand, an Indian physician of Natick, asking for a stay of execution in a land dispute with John Drury
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Natick
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Simon Johnson and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request that such laws be enacted that would protect the cranberries growing on Indian lands from illegal and untimely harvest by native and non-native alike
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Thomas Cooper and Other Gay Head Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A request that fines be imposed on such non-Indians that gather cranberries on Indian land without consent
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Zachariah Howwaswee to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A description of the injustice done to him and a request for financial assistance
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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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
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Petition of Gideon Hawley to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A remonstrance of Gideon Hawley, missionary to the Mashpee, against John Percival as guardian and in support of 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, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Gideon Nautumpum and Other Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
A remonstrance against the recent request for an 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, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Response of Reverend Gideon Hawley to Petitions Sent to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Summary: 
An address relative to recent petitions from the Mashpee Tribe
Community: 
Indian Papers Project Editors, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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