Petition subject: Support for individuals
Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481312
Date of creation: 1869-01-20
Petition location: Boston
Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Frank M. Ames, Canton; committee on Indians
Selected signatures:
- Sally Burr
Actions taken on dates: 1869-01-21,1869-01-22
Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1869 and referred to the committee on Indians and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 22, 1869 and concurred
Total signatures: 1.0
Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred
Females of color signatures: 1.0
Female only signatures: Yes
Identifications of signatories: a member of the Ponkapoag tribe of Indians, [females of color]
Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript
Native American tribe: Massachusetts, Ponkapoag
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.
Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available
Additional archivist notes: James Burr, son, Suffolk county, dependent, maintenance, assistance, annuity, Indian guardians
Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1869, c.79, passed June 12, 1869