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1659.10.21.01_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0030_0012_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Pawtucket, Nipmuc
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request that the exchange of land between Chelmsford and the Indian town of Pawtucket be confirmed and that Natick, Hassanamisco, Nashoba, and Okommakamesit be laid out and protected from alienation
1753.12.10.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0061_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking liberty to sell as much land as necessary to settle debts accrued in the medical care of various family members, together with an order from the Court granting said request with certain stipulations
1778.01.00.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0183_0006_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking articulation from the Court as to the continued authority of the guardians as it relates to the Declaration of Independence
1770.03.13.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0105_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization for the Guardians of the Natick Indians to buy or build her a small house on several acres of land using money set aside from an earlier sale of her land
1771.04.03.01_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0110_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request to the Court for recovery of funds expended in the care of Sarah Wamsquam
1756.04.05.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0107_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to sell a seven acre parcel of land to satisfy debts accrued due to his poor health and inability to labor
1756.09.04.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0114_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to sell eight acres of land to satisfy debts associated with a legal action
1762.01.18.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0045_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Micah Whitney that the General Court take up and grant the earlier petition of Hannah Speen
1771.04.08.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0111_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request on behalf of himself and Sarah Comecho seeking compensation for the care and support of Sarah Lawrence Wamsquam
1755.05.28.06_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0093_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to sell lands distant from his house in order to purchase adjoining lands and to satisfy the debts of his deceased children and to support himself in his old age
1755.12.15.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0104_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to sell some of his lands in order to pay his debts, buy a cow in order to support his family, and to secure his release from prison in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1756.09.22.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0032_0115_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to sell thirteen and three quarters acres of land to satisfy debts with any residual avails from the sale managed by the guardians