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Petition subject: Property

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208686

Date of creation: 1808-05-06

Petition location: Barre

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. Samuel Jones

Actions taken on dates: 1809-01-31

Legislative action: Referred to the next session of the General Court on January 31, [1809]

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Referred

Males of color signatures: 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Additional archivist notes: Moidore Hillhouse, Midor Hillhouse, Moyder Hillhouse, Worcester county, deceased, estate, lands, log house, married to widow, no heirs, debts, building, improvements, taxation, right of dower

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1808, c.256, passed February 18, 1809

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.