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1741.09.26.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0031_0061_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request of Josiah Speen asking permission to sell land to reimburse Deacon Jonathan Rice for items stolen from Rice by Speen's son Daniel, who was one of Rice's servants
1778.04.23.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0218_0005_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A decision on the request of Thomas Nichols regarding the sale of land
1776.08.26.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0210_0003_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Patience Gimbee for a resolution to a dispute concerning the estate of her late sister
1767.02.12.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0033_0080_0003.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A resolve empowering John Jones to sell land at Natick held by Zerviah Abraham Ompany, with the avails, less a small amount to build a house, to be transferred to the guardians of the Indians at Martha's Vineyard and held in interest for said Ompany
1748.03.29.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0031_0139_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint by the Indians at Natick that their right to fish is being infringed upon by neighboring non-natives
1779.03.31.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
1784.01.30.01_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request that the Indian land he purchased, unknowingly in violation of the law, be confirmed to him by the General Court
1741.11.25.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0031_0070_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 Thomas Pegan seeking authorization to exchange with Joseph Mills lands of equal value
1809.05.14.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of the Chappaquiddick Indians concerning land disputes
1782.11.22.00_page1petitions_masa_na_45X_0239_0001.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Agreement of the tribe to support their minister's debt by selling a portion of their land
1773.06.24.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request to sell a portion of their land so that they might have the funds to build a barn
1781.03.26.00_page1.jpg
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the confirmation of a deed from Joseph Shauguethqueat, Benjamin Waunchnauwet, and David Naunauneck, Stockbridge Indians, to those men interested in constructing mill along the Housatonic River