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Petition subject: Indian guardians

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148850

Date of creation: 1814-05-16

Petition location: Gayhead

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

Selected signatures:

1. Abraham Cooper
2. Jean Cooper
3. John Divine
4. Hannah Divine
5. William Johnson
6. Simon Johnson
7. Mary Peters
8. Sherebiah Howwoswee
9. Bethiah Jeffers
10. Pagay Tocknut
11. May Francis
12. Hebron Wamsley
13. Sarah Horton
14. John Cole
15. Amos Jeffers
16. Alexander Brown
17. Thomas Morse
18. Roday de Grass

Actions taken on dates: 1814-06-07,1814-06-07

Legislative action: Report passed in the House on June 7, 1814 that the prayer should not be granted and sent for concurrence and received and concurred in the Senate on June 7, 1814

Total signatures: 63

Legislative action summary: Report, sent, received, concurred

Females of color signatures: 22

Males of color signatures: 33

Unidentified signatures: 8

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: Native inhabitants of and owners of the tract of land called Gayhead, [males of color], [females of color], ["Gayhead Indians"]

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, Dukes County, lands, state of bondage, laws, repeal, appointment

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1814, Docket 4838

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.