Petition of Elijah Pocknet and Other Mashpee Indians to to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Summary: 
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee and the encroachment of non-natives on the their lands
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Mashpee, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Protocol: 
Mashpee Public
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Phase 1, Petitions, Law, Compassion, Liberty, Friendship, Poverty, Rhetoric, Paternalism, Property Issues, Overseers/Guardians -- Complaint, Agriculture, Produce, Corn/Yokeag, Massachusetts Constitution (1780), Government/Leadership, Town Officers, Improvement -- Fisheries, Timber/Wood, Marshland, Livestock, Domestic Animals, Cattle, Hay, Civil Actions, Missions, Religion, Christianity, Character, Race Relations, Women, Swine, Property -- Ejection, Sovereignty
Original Date: 
1792 May 10th
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Images may be used for purposes of research, private study, or education. To publish, exhibit, or broadcast this image, please contact the Massachusetts Archives to receive a Permission to Publish form: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125; Reference Desk: 617-727-2816 ext. 222; Email: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Senate Unpassed 1792, Docket 1643
Identifier: 
1792.01.14.00
Subject: 
Mashpee