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Petition subject: Property

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448045

Date of creation: 1845-03

Petition location: Grafton

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery

Selected signatures:

1. John Hecktor

Actions taken on dates: 1846-01-17

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 17, 1846 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Males of color signatures: 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: a descendant of the Hassanamisco Indians, [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: John Hector, Harry Arnold, Worcester county, estate, ["an illegitimate son of his mother"], disputes, occupancy, judge of probate, hearing, relief

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1846, c.109, passed April 9, 1846

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.