Paupers

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Petition of Thomas Cooper 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, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Summary
A request that fines be imposed on such non-Indians that gather cranberries on Indian land without consent
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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

Digital Heritage
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