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tr! <br /> HISTORY OF THE <br /> TOWN SEAL <br /> OF MASHPEE, MASS. <br /> i <br /> This seal, it will be noted is similar in design as that of <br /> the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and quite fittingly so, <br /> as at various periods during its existence, this town has been <br /> under the supervision of the State Advisory Commission. <br /> The region was first recognized and legally recorded by j <br /> the Plymouth Colony Court after presentation of original i. <br /> _ry Indian Deeds by Richard Bourne on August 17, 1670. This <br /> area was set aside and exclusively for the use and enjoyment <br /> of the Indians under the deed and ratification of the Ply- <br /> rz <br /> mouth Court, which was drawn so that no parcel or part of <br /> a parcel of land could be bought by, or sold to, any white per- <br /> son or persons without the consent of all the Indians. In this <br /> ff matter, the General Court was not given the right to give <br /> consent in this matter. MARSHPEE was established on June <br /> 10, 1763, as a district under the direct orders of King George <br /> G III for a period of three years trial. The initial act was re- <br /> pealed by the new American Government, and an Overseer <br /> Board was then initiated. All former laws regarding the <br /> Marshpee Indians were repealed. i <br /> In 1834 the Plantation of Marshpee was established as a <br /> District. THE DISTRICT OF MARSHPEE so remained until <br /> the town was incorporated as the TOWN OF MASHPEE on <br /> May 28, 1870. It is said that the name was taken from the <br /> Indian word "Massipee" which means, "Great Waters", re- <br /> ferring to the extensive water frontage of the area, which <br /> includes many ponds, lakes, rivers, and ocean front. <br /> � I <br /> I , <br /> I <br /> Ci <br /> t <br /> I <br />