Baker, Hiram (1834 Apes Petition)

Mashpee resident, Hiram Baker, was a signatory to a January 1834 Mashpee petition written by William Apes.   Baker's name was added to that of 288 other Mashpee residents and community members complaining of a number of longstanding grievances against the overseers and the Congregational missionary to the tribe.  Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1834.01.29.00