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Petition subject: Indian guardians

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455089

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Grafton

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Isaac Davis, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery

Selected signatures:

1. Charles Brigham

Actions taken on dates: 1852-03-15

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 15, 1852 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: trustee of the Hassanamisco or Grafton tribe of Indians, ["trustee of the Hasanimisco tribe of Indians"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: Indian guardians, John Hecktor, John Hector, Harry Arnold, widow, minor children, includes certification from judge of probate for Worcester county

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1852, c.30, passed April 3, 1852

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.