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Petition subject: Indian guardians

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208697

Date of creation: 1811-05

Petition location: Gayhead

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Simon Mayhew, Chilmark; several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. Zachariah Howwoswee
2. Sarah Howwoswee
3. Margaret David
4. Simon Panue
5. Dorcas Panue
6. Juditte Pomit
7. Abigail Frances
8. Peter Tolmon

Actions taken on dates: 1811-06-14,1811-06-15

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on June 14, 1811 and read and committed and sent for concurrence and received in the House on June 15, 1811 and read and concurred

Total signatures: 10

Legislative action summary: Received, read, committed, sent, received, read, concurred

Females of color signatures: 7

Males of color signatures: 3

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: the few remaining Indians of Gayhead, [males of color], [females of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: not column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: Gay head, rights, appointment, land, in common, support, poor

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1811, c.78, passed June 25, 1811

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.