Overseers/Guardians -- Complaint

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Petition of Zerviah Gould Mitchell to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Fall River/Troy
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint by Zerviah Gould Mitchell regarding the illegal cutting and sale of wood from her land and a request for a legislative inquiry and redress
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Petition of John Hector to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for financial assistance from the State to allow for repair of their house
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Petition of Elizabeth Samson and Others Indians of Grafton to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint regarding the inaction of their guardians in providing relief to the tribe
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Petition of Sarah M. Cisco and P. Phidelia Clinton to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request for financial assistance from the State
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Petition of John Hector to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request for remuneration for property lost and wasted by former Trustees of the tribe who were appointed by the State, as well as, assistance in exercising his rights to various properties in Grafton, Paxton, and the State of New Hampshire
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Petition of John Hector to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of John Hector, a Hassanamisco Indian, for the investigation into the state of his interest in various pieces of real estate
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Petition of John Hector to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request that the proceeds of the Moses Gimbee estate be distributed to John Hector
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Petition of John Hector and Other Hassanamisco to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of the Hassanamisco Indians praying that a fund for their benefit, which has been lost under the management of the Trustees, appointed by the Commonwealth, may be made good
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Petition of Joseph Aaron and Others to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Joseph Aaron and other Indians at Grafton that they might receive interest due to them
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Resolution on the Petition of Elizabeth Samson and Other Indians of Grafton to the Massachusetts General Court

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Resolve granting approval for the appointment of new guardians to the tribe