Petition of Matthew Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard and James Coffin of Nantucket to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request by Matthew Mayhew and James Coffin for the General Court to approve a bounty for liquor seized by native peoples in Dukes County and Nantucket, and the General Court's response
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Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Nantucket, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Chappaquiddick
Protocol: 
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Public, Chappaquiddick Public
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Beer/Cider, Bounties, Civil Actions, Commerce/Trade, Community, Community Conflict, Complaints, Criminal Actions, Food/Drink, Islands, Landforms -- Terrestrial, Law, Legislative Process, Liquor, Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Mischief, Petitions, Petitions -- Accepted, Relations, Savageness, Sales of Goods/Services, Temperance/Intemperance
Original Date: 
1696 October 3rd
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.30, Doc.380-380a
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Identifier: 
1696.10.03.00
Subject: 
Deep Bottom, Christiantown, Aquinnah, Chappaquiddick, Nantucket