Petition of Reuben Cognehew

Petition subject: Resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548514 Date of creation: 1760 Petition location: [London, England?] Selected signatures:Reuben Cognehew Total signatures: 1 Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a Mohegan Indian of the Tribe commonly known by the name of the South Shore Indians in behalf of himself and the rest of the said Tribe of Indians, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library. Additional archivist notes: Reuben Cagnehew, South Sea, Soutti Sea, Mashpee, lands, Quichatapet, Quichatasset, Monament, deeds, patent, lands, 1666, boundaries, English, Cape Cod, Mannomogest, Manomogest, Maunamoquest, Maunamoyeset, Ashiminit Pond, Ashimuit Pond, Mauqutchaquit Pond, Haukontchemissuck, Spectacle Pond, Hauskatit, Kauskatit, Nakonkomit, Nakonkomist, Koctuit River, harbor, Koctuit Bay, Cotuit Bay, Maunomogest, Meanamoyest, Waykoit, encroachments, fishing, fisheries, redress, applications, petitioning, General Court, agents, footsteps of your Majesty's sacred throne, royal patronage and protection, journey, Rhode Island, England, West Indies, wicked design, shipwreck, Coast of Hispaniola, ships of war, Jamaica, merchant ship, hunting, fowling, meadows, necks, creeks, timber, wood, Wamponkanunis, Wampomkanunis, Askunokan, William Uleasee, Workees, Compoknet, 1672, 1737, John Aldin, Richard Brown, Shearjashub Brown, John Thacher, Solomon Otis, Indian guardians, King of England, George II, Mashpee River, Lord Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, William Sharpe, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 100-102a and v.33, pages 144-150] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 303, pages 100-100b