Military Service

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Petition of William Hunt, John Adams, and Ebenezer Copeland, Selectmen of Braintree, to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Cape Cod
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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
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Petition of Prince Vitto to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Nipmuc
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Prince Vitto that the Court corroborate and confirm his title to land sold to him by Job Comecho
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Petition of Philip Metack to the Governor and Counci of the Massachusetts Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
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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
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Petition on Behalf of Mashpee Proprietors to the Massachusetts Governor and Council

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A complaint against outside influence in their political process and lack of care provided to their indigent
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Petition of Moses Pocknet and Other Mashpee and Herring Pond Indians to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe
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Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request for redress in the form of an alteration in the manner in which their trustees are appointed and for the extinguishment of the board of overseers
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Petition of Benjamin Heywood, Edward Rawson, and Issac Harrington, Trustees of the Hassanamisco Indians, to the Massachusetts General Court

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society
Summary
A request for guidance from the Court with respect to disposing of the estate of Fortune Burnee
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Petition of Jonathan Capen, Guardian of the Ponkapaug Indians, to the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request and subsequent order for the release of Isaac Williams from prison