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An account of the amount of wood taken by Phineas Fish from the parsonage and its value

The request of a large part of the Mashpee tribe to dismiss Phineas Fish and have access to Harvard's Indian fund

A second revised printing of a section from William Apes' Indian Nullification

Correspondence by Fish addressing his critics at Mashpee regarding his missionary work among them

James Walker's questions regarding Mashpee, Herring Pond, and Martha's Vineyard, with partial replies

James Walker's notes on Phineas Fish's appointment at Mashpee and listing of families there, with mention of other Vineyard Native congregants

List of Mashpee voters in favor of or against Phineas Fish, with another list of Indian families at Christiantown

Correspondence offering Hallett's perspective of the Mashpee controversy with Rev. Phineas Fish

Letter of introduction from Judge Davis regarding Phineas Fish and his position as missionary to the Mashpee