Petition of the Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Summary: 
A request of Samuel Cognehew, Benjamin Natick, and others on behalf of the Chappaquiddick Tribe for the construction of a meeting house to be financed from the funds due to them, and the General Court's response
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Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Protocol: 
Chappaquiddick Public
Category: 
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Keywords: 
Accounting/Finance, Buildings/Structures, Christianity, Faithfulness, Funds, Law, Legislative Process, Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Meetinghouses, Petitions, Petitions -- Accepted, Religion/Beliefs, Worship, Whaling Industry
Original Date: 
1762 January 22nd
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Vol.33, Doc.187
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Identifier: 
1762.01.22.00
Subject: 
Chappaquiddick