The Committee on Towns, to whom was referred the report of the Commissioner of Marshpee District, have examined that subject, and find the accounts duly certified and in conformity to law, presenting a very favorable aspect of affairs in said district.
1836
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The Committee on Towns, to whom was referred the report of the Commissioner of Marshpee District, have examined that subject, and find the accounts duly certified and in conformity to law, presenting a very favorable aspect of affairs in said district.
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[Massachusetts?] : [publisher not identified], [1836]
Description
1 online resource (5 pages).
Series
Senate (Series) (Massachusetts. General Court. Senate) ; 1836, no. 86.
Summary
1836 Massachusetts Senate Committee on Towns discussion of a report of Charles Marston, Commissioner of Marshpee District. The committee reports on finances, Marshpee Indians, intemperance ("that terrible scourge"), schooling, settlement of Rev. Mr. Fish by Harvard College and complaints of the Indians about Rev. Mr. Fish, and other matters related to the Marshpee Indians. As noted in the report, "the committee ... regard as an impressive duty resting on the Commonwealth, the paternal care and protection of the small remnants of the once powerful tribe of Indians, who now remain within our limits, and the principal portion of whom inhabit a tract of about ten thousand acres of land in the county of Barnstable, which was established as the District of Marshpee by the act of 1834, chapter 166." (Page 4).
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Online resource; title from PDF opening paragraph (LLMC Digital, viewed June 7, 2024).
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Running Title
Marshpee Indians, April 1836
Language
English
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