Poor Relief

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Petition of Jonathan Cuffe and Other Gayhead Indians to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A complaint of injustices at the hands of their guardians and a request for the removal of the said guardians
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Petition of Joel Rogers and Other Gay Head Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for financial assistance from the state for Joseph DeGrass
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Petition of Johnson Simpson to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for compensation for the care and support of George Peters
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Petition of George Peters and Other Christiantown Indians to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Christiantown
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A plea for the continued care of Sarah Francis,one of the Tribe
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Petition of Gideon Nautumpum and Other Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance against the recent request for an alteration in the form of government at Mashpee
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Petition of Walter Spooner to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A memorial of the Board of Overseers at the District of Mashpee expressing concern about encroachments by non Mashpees
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Petition of Solomon Attaquin and William Simon, Selectmen of Mashpee, and Charles Marston, Treasurer of Mashpee, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request concerning aid for state paupers residing at Mashpee
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Petition of George Thomas Sewall and Lisbon Johnson to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request that two non-proprietors, Mashpee spouses, be granted rights in severalty in their real estate
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Petition of Charles Marston, Treasurer of Mashpee, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request for an allowance of accounts for support of state paupers
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Petition of Charles Marston, Treasurer of Mashpee, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A prayer for reimbursement for the amount expended for state paupers at Mashpee