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Petition of the Guardians of the Indians on Martha's Vineyard to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown, Deep Bottom, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request by Paine Mayhew, William Hunt, and John Sumner for the Court to revisit and accept their previously submitted account of expenses
Petition of Proprietors at Gayhead to the Massachusetts General Court
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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
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An English translation of a request to address several plots of land that were rented out at Gayhead by tribal Guardians, Pain Mayhew and William Hunt
Petition of Proprietors at Gayhead to the Massachusetts General Court
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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 to address several plots of land that were rented out at Gayhead by tribal Guardians, Pain Mayhew and William Hunt written in Wampanoag
Petition of Simon, Nathaniel, and William Mayhew, Overseers of the Gayhead Indians, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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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, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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A request from the guardians that they may be empowered to place liens on cattle or collect taxes on cattle pastured on proprietors lands
Petition of Gideon Nautumpum and Other Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
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Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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A remonstrance against the recent request for an alteration in the form of government at Mashpee
Petition of Walter Spooner and Shearjashub Bourne to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A representation from the overseers and guardians of Mashpee relative to the regulation of Mashpee and a variety of mischiefs occurring there
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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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request concerning aid for state paupers residing at Mashpee
Petition of Lemuel Corbin, John Healy, and Mark Dodge, Guardians to the Dudley Indians, and Levi Davis of Charlton to the Massachusetts General Court
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Nipmuc
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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A request to sell land and with the proceeds to pay debts and purchase an alternative piece of land for the benefit of the tribe
Petition of Daniel Fellows, Jr., Guardian of the Chappaquiddick and Christiantown Indians, to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick, Christiantown
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request for assistance in fencing the lands of the Chappaquiddick and Christiantown Indians
Petition of Leavitt Thaxter, Guardian of the Chappaquiddick and Christiantown Indians, to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Chappaquiddick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request for additional funding to offset the cost of supporting Recall DeGrass
