Petition of Robert Cathcart of Tisbury to the Massachusetts General Court

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A request by Robert Cathcart of the Governor and General Court to appoint someone to resolve native and non-native land boundary disputes, and the responses of the Court and Carhart
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Tisbury, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Protocol: 
Chappaquiddick Public, Christiantown Public, Deep Bottom Public, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Public
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Abstract Concepts, Boundaries/Frontiers, Complaints, Controversy, Disputes, Indians, Justice/Injustice, Land, Land Division, Land Ownership, Law, Legislative Process, Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Native American Law, Petitions, Petitions -- Accepted, Property -- Tribal, Relations, Sovereignty, Taxation
Original Date: 
1709 May 4th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.31, Doc.54-54a
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Identifier: 
1709.05.04.00