Wamesit

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Petition of Wait Winthrop to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wamesit
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A complaint that a portion of the land originally granted to his grandmother in 1640 had later been granted by the Massachusetts General Court to the Wamesit Indians for their town
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Petition of Waban and Others to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Wamesit, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request of Waban and other Indians from Natick, Punkapoag, and Wamesit seeking compensation for land granted to the English
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Petition of the William Underwood, John Burge, and Thomas Chamberlain, Sr. of Chelmsford to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Wamesit
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
Summary
Request by the Town of Chelmsford about the return of some Wamesit, causing fear and distrust among the colonists
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Petition of Daniel Gookin, Sr. and John Eliot to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Nipmuc, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
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Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
Request by Gookin and Eliot to void a sale of Indian land in Whip Sufferance (Marlborough), Massachusetts
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Petition of Inhabitants of Ponkapoag, Natick, and Wamesit to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick, Massachusett at Ponkapoag
Category
Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty