Babcock, Jeremiah (1788)

Jeremiah Babcock signed or was otherwise noted in several Mashpee petitions between October of 1788 and May of 1792, each bringing to the attention of the Massachusetts General Court infringements on the community’s self-governance and religious freedom.   

Remonstrance of Mashpee Proprietors and Others to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1788.10.31.00; Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Massachusetts General Court, 1788.12.29.00; Petition of Sarah Mye and Other Mashpee Indians to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1792.05.28.00