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Petition of Robin Suncasin and Other Mashpee Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Robin Suncasin and others Mashpee natives for the interposition of the Legislature in the protection of their land, marsh, and river from encroachment
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Petition of John Coquet and other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of John Coquet and others for the interposition of the Legislature in the sale and development of land by overseer Simeon Butler, includes the order for Butler's removal
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Petition of Charlotte M. Belain and Other Christiantown Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for relief from the encroachments of neighbors and a description of the losses resulting from said depredations
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Resolution on the Petition of Fortune and Abigail Burnee to Governor Thomas Hutchinson and the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Resolve granting the request to sell a portion of their land so that they might have the funds to build a barn
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Petition of Fortune and Abigail Burnee to Governor Thomas Hutchinson and the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request to sell a portion of their land so that they might have the funds to build a barn
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Petition of Thomas Jernegan and Other Chappaquiddick Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for intercession on behalf of white proprietors due to encroachments by Chappaquiddick Indians