Passed Acts; St. 1835, c.18, SC1/series 229, Petition of Bristol Wright

Petition subject: Incorporation Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10520830 Date of creation: 1834-12-25 Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jonathan C. Briggs, Nantucket; committee on parishes Selected signatures:Bristol WrightArthur CooperJohn CooperWilliam ShorterJames Ross Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1835-01-16 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1835 and referred to the committee on parishes and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 5 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Males of color signatures: 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: African Methodist Episcopal Church of Nantucket, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: African Methodist Episcopal Church in Nantucket, religious, purchased, lands, meeting house, worship, African Methodist Episcopal Church of America, transact, business Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1835, c. 18, passed March 4, 1835 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.