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1772.06.12.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0125_0003.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A detailed accounting of expenditures for individual Ponkapoag Indians, as well as, collective expenses
1773.05.00.01_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0125_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to sell Indian land so as to pay debts that have accumulated and with the residual to pay himself for six years worth of service to the tribe
1762.05.00.02_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0052_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint by Joseph Billings regarding the difficulty of getting Robert Spur and Samuel Niles to meet and submit annual accounts for their dealings with the Ponkapoag Indians
1776.12.03.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request and subsequent order for the release of Isaac Williams from prison
1865.02.14.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Isaac Williams, of the Ponkapaug Tribe, for state aid
1753.09.00.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0049_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by members of the Moho and George families, on behalf of the community, for the appointment of a committee to investigate the mismanagement of land and wood resources by the guardians of the Ponkapoag
1781.01.19.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request from Sarah Berry, Jerusha Hawkins, and their respective families, Ponkapaug Indians, for relief from taxes because of the hardships of the Revolutionary War
1776.05.01.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0303_0013.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
1765.01.26.00_page1_petitions_masa_na_45X_0046_0023.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment
1754.03.27.05_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0073_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A response to charges of mismanagement leveled against him and an impassioned request that the matter be examined thoroughly by committee
1754.11.13.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0084_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
An impassioned request by Samuel Miller for forgiveness from the Court for Miller's negligence in regard to his duties as one of guardians of the Ponkapoag
1754.03.22.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0068_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by Abigail George, Samuel George and others of the Ponkapoag community for the re-appointment of the Samuel Miller as guardian for the tribe