Petition of the Committee of Militia and the Selectmen of the Town of Dorchester to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
Request by the people of Dorchester to remove Indian servants and keep other Indians out of their town
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Dorchester, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Protocol: 
Massachusett at Ponkapoag Public
Category: 
Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Law, Petitions, King Philip's War, Fear, Savageness, Abstract Concepts, Travel
Original Date: 
1676 March 23rd
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.30, Doc.198b
Identifier: 
1676.03.23.00