A request seeking to draw down additional funds from the Guardians Mayhew and Allen, held in interest for the Ompany's, in order to complete the construction of their dwelling house
A resolve empowering John Jones to sell land at Natick held by Zerviah Abraham Ompany, with the avails, less a small amount to build a house, to be transferred to the guardians of the Indians at Martha's Vineyard and held in interest for said Ompany
A request seeking authorization to sell land at Natick, held by Zerviah Abraham Ompany, and the avails, less a small amount to build a house, to be transferred to the guardians of the Indians at Martha's Vineyard and held in interest of said Ompany
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Nantucket, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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