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French & Indian War
John Trusler’s Conversation with the Wappinger/Stockbridge Chiefs on Civilization
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A dialogue between an Englishman and Indian man on differences between Native American and English life
Petition of Benjamin Tray to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request seeking authorization to grant six acres of common land to Rev. Oliver Peabody as a token of respect and gratitude
Petition of Joseph Metack to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by Philip Metack for additional funds in consideration of his miliary service and three years of captivity by the enemy
Petition of Roland Cotton to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request on behalf of John Squam, Aaron Moses, Benjamin Wicket, and Moses Jackson to recover wages for their military service
Petition of William Hunt, John Adams, and Ebenezer Copeland, Selectmen of Braintree, to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Cape Cod
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Request by the Selectmen of Braintree to be reimbursed for expenses paid for the final sickness, funeral, and burial of an Indian soldier
Petition of Isaac James and Other Indians at Harwich to the Massachusetts General Court
Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nauset
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Isaac James and others for the interposition of the Legislature in the protection of land and fishing and whaling rights for natives in the Towns of Eastham and Harwich, and Billingsgate Point
Petition of Philip Metack to the Governor and Counci of the Massachusetts Court
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 request for remuneration for time and suffering while captive during military service
