Petition of Benjamin Smith to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request detailing several objections regarding the Province of Massachusetts Bay claiming jurisdiction over Martha's Vineyard, alias Capawock, and a specific request that a former act prohibiting the sale of "strong drink" be enacted
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Edgartown, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Protocol: 
Chappaquiddick Public, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Public
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Law, Petitions, Landforms -- Terrestrial, Islands, Temperance/Intemperance
Original Date: 
1693 December 16th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.112, Doc.453
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Identifier: 
1693.00.00.00