Petition of Amos Ahauton and Other Indians at Ponkapoag to the Massachusetts General Court

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Request of four Ponkapoag leaders to ask the Legislature to review the tribe's accounts with a view to providing for the community, especially the elderly
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Stoughton, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Protocol: 
Massachusett at Ponkapoag Public
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Law, Petitions, Accounting/Finance, Overseers/Guardians -- Complaint, Poor Relief, Elders, Women, Children/Youth, Meetinghouses
Original Date: 
1741 November 25th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.31, Doc.341-342
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Committee Report and Order of the Massachusetts General Court on the Petition of Amos Ahauton and Other Indians at Ponkapoag
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Identifier: 
1741.11.25.02
Subject: 
Ponkapoag
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Committee Report and Order of the Massachusetts General Court on the Petition of Amos Ahauton and Other Indians at Ponkapoag