Fences/Enclosures

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Map of Martha's Vineyard

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Chappaquiddick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A visual description of Martha's Vineyard in 1694 accompanied by a proposal to consolidate the towns of Tisbury and Chilmark
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Petition of Joseph Thaxter to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Deep Bottom
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request on behalf of John Sanders and his family that a committee be appointed to inquire into encroachments on his lands, together with the accompanying committee report postponing the consideration of said petition.
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Petition of Zachariah Howwaswee and Other Gayhead Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint regarding encroachment on their lands and a request for the appointment of guardians
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Petition of Zachariah Howwaswee and Other Gayhead Indians to the Council and House of Representatives of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for resolution regarding the controversy surrounding the land of Elisha Amos and the influx of newcomers to the community
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Petition of Zaccheus Howwaswee, Samuel Peters, and Aaron Cooper to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for the boundary lines of Indian land to be determined and recorded so as to resolve disputes with neighboring non-Natives
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Petition of Gideon Hawley to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A description of his service to the Mashpee and a request that their grant of land to him be enacted
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Copy of a Report from a Committee of Mashpee Proprietors to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Petition of Walter Spooner to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A memorial of the Board of Overseers at the District of Mashpee expressing concern about encroachments by non Mashpees
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Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A memorial of the Mashpee Indians for the redress of grievances
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Petition of the Chappaquiddick Indians to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of the Chappaquiddick Indians concerning land disputes