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1757.11.19.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0303_0007.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nauset
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Isaac James and others for the interposition of the Legislature in the protection of land and fishing and whaling rights for natives in the Towns of Eastham and Harwich, and Billingsgate Point
1709.06.07.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0045_0027.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nauset
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Permission given to a Harwich couple to purchase land of Aaron Feesy, an Indian
1707.05.25.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0045_0027.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nauset
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request from an English colonist for permission to purchase land that was given him by a Nauset Indian
1694.09.05.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0030_0063_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nauset
Category
Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request from Hercules, Lawrence, and John Quasson, on behalf of Indians living in Eastham, Yarmouth, and Monomoy, Massachusetts, seeking the restoration of order in their communities and a reduction in drunkeness and stealing