Petition of Valentine Pease and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

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Summary: 
A request for a law requiring those proprietors adjacent to the Indian land to be resonsible for the maintainence of a dividing fence
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Edgartown, MA

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Protocol: 
Chappaquiddick Public
Category: 
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Phase 1, Petitions, Law, Family, Genealogy, Estates/Inheritances, Overseers/Guardians -- Complaint, Property, Land, Improvement -- Fields, Fences/Enclosures, Improvement, Race Relations, Trespass, Cattle, Domestic Animals, Livestock
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Images may be used for purposes of research, private study, or education. To publish, exhibit, or broadcast this image, please contact the Massachusetts Archives to receive a Permission to Publish form: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125; Reference Desk: 617-727-2816 ext. 222; Email: archives@sec.state.ma.us
Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Senate Unpassed 1824, Docket 7134
Identifier: 
1823.05.27.00
Subject: 
Chappaquiddick