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Petition subject: Support for individuals

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448069

Date of creation: 1862-05-29

Petition location: Boston

Selected signatures:

1. Rhoda M. Taylor

Total signatures: 1

Females of color signatures: 1

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: [females of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: Mary Taylor, [Rhoda Mary Taylor?], Westport, daughter, celebrated Paul Cuffee, descendants of the Dartmouth tribe of Indians, marriage, Charles Phelps, intemperate, squandered property, one son who drowned, John Taylor, sailor, fit of palsy, side completely paralyzed, destitute, unblemished character, respected, lives near Tripps Wharf on the very spot where she was born, E.P. Brownell, [Ezra P. Brownell?], [the actual petition appears to be missing, but the document of Brownell vouching for Mrs. Taylor is digitized]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1862, c.103, passed April 30, 1862

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.