Petition of Lemuel Corbin, John Healy, and Mark Dodge, Guardians to the Dudley Indians, and Levi Davis of Charlton to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request to sell land and with the proceeds to pay debts and purchase an alternative piece of land for the benefit of the tribe
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Dudley, MA

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Protocol: 
Nipmuc Public
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Conveyances/Land Sales, Land Sales, Rentals/Rents, Overseers/Guardians, Petitions, Reservations/Reserves, Law, Massachusetts Phase 1, Debt/Debtors
Original Date: 
1797 May 22nd
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Resolves 1797, c.21, passed June 17, 1797
Identifier: 
1797.05.22.00
Subject: 
Nipmuc, Dudley