Petition of Indian Proprietors of Grafton to Governor Shirley and the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request from the Nipmuc Indians in Grafton asking that the current trustees be dismissed and that new trustees be appointed in their place, ones that live nearer to the community
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Grafton, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Protocol: 
Nipmuc Public
Category: 
Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Collection, Petitions, Massachusetts Phase 1, Law, Women, Accounting/Finance, Distress, Overseers/Guardians -- Complaint
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Vol.31, Doc.476-477
Identifier: 
1744.03.16.00
Subject: 
Nipmuc