Petition of John Eliot to the Massachusetts General Court

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A request that the exchange of land between Chelmsford and the Indian town of Pawtucket be confirmed and that Natick, Hassanamisco, Nashoba, and Okommakamesit be laid out and protected from alienation
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Roxbury, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Pawtucket, Nipmuc
Protocol: 
Nipmuc Public
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Law, Petitions, Land, Indian Praying Towns -- Massachusetts, Settlement, Surveying
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Original Date: 
1659 October 21st
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.30, Doc.81
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Identifier: 
1659.10.21.01
Subject: 
Nipmuc, Pawtucket, Natick, Nashoba, Okommakamesit