Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement

Exploring communities in various forms:  Southern New England Native communities and the way they change with the development of white European settlements among them. Also, exploring why and how these Native people moved outside their reservation lands and what that movement did to their new and former communities.

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Petition of Thomas Swift to the Massachusetts Council

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request by Thomas Swift asking for an allowance for overseeing the Ponkapoag Indians
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Petition of Stockbridge Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Petition of Jonathan Edwards and Others of Stockbridge to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Order on the Memorial of Ephraim Williams of Stockbridge to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Memorial of Ephraim Williams of Stockbridge to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Petition of the William Underwood, John Burge, and Thomas Chamberlain, Sr. of Chelmsford to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wamesit
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
Request by the Town of Chelmsford about the return of some Wamesit, causing fear and distrust among the colonists
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Certification of the Selectmen of Dorchester regarding the Petition of Mary Plimton

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
Town Officials statement attesting to the death of Sarah Quill and providing more information about her
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Petition of Ephraim Williams, on Behalf of John Sargent and the Inhabitants of Stockbridge, to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Petition of John Sherman and David Batcheld on behalf of the Town of Grafton

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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Petition of John Norton of Edgartown to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request by John Norton for the interposition of the General Court regarding land disputes at Edgartown, and the Court's response