Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Nipmuc
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by John Chandler and William Lyon seeking seeking direction from the Court in the distribution of funds derived from the sale of a tract of land belonging to the late Samuel Pegan
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A decision by the General Court that the request of Samuel Abraham seeking permission to sell ten acres of his common land at Natick be granted
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Samuel Abraham seeking permission to sell ten acres of his common land at Natick in order to settle debts
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request by Matthew Rice to the Massachusetts General Court asking for confirmation of his land purchased from the Natick Indians
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A remonstrance against the sale of land near Whip Suffrage and a request for redress
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Pawtucket, Nipmuc
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request that the exchange of land between Chelmsford and the Indian town of Pawtucket be confirmed and that Natick, Hassanamisco, Nashoba, and Okommakamesit be laid out and protected from alienation
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wamesit
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint that a portion of the land originally granted to his grandmother in 1640 had later been granted by the Massachusetts General Court to the Wamesit Indians for their town
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request by Thomas Swift asking for an allowance for overseeing the Ponkapoag Indians
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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
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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Moses and Joshua Waban asking permission to sell land in order to care and support their ailing mother and to settle debts accrued by Moses due to illness