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Petition of Joel Rogers and Other Gayhead 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, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A request that the law entitled " An Act for the better regulation of the Indian, Mulatto and Negro proprietors of Gayhead in the county of Dukes County" be repealed
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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 Gayhead 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 Joel Rogers and Other Gay Head Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
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 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 Sarah Mye and Other Mashpee Indians to the Legislature 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, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee
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Petition of Elijah Pocknet and Other Mashpee Indians to to the Legislature 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, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A remonstrance against the recent alteration in the form of government at Mashpee and the encroachment of non-natives on the their lands
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Petition of Walter Spooner and Shearjashub Bourne 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, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A representation from the overseers and guardians of Mashpee relative to the regulation of Mashpee and a variety of mischiefs occurring there
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Petition of the Mashpee Indians to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Digital Heritage
Community
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
Category
Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
Summary
A memorial of the Mashpee Indians for the redress of grievances
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Petition of Daniel Amos, Oaks Coombs, and Matthias Amos, 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, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
A request for aid in the maintenance of certain state paupers