Petition of Charles Brigham Jr.

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448041 Date of creation: 1844-02-12 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Levi Lincoln, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:Charles Brigham Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1844-02-17 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 17, 1844 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 for the Grafton tribe of Indians Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: Indian guardians, Moses Gimbee, Hassanamisco tribe, [includes certificate signed by Zona Gimbee and Moses Gimbee, widow and heir of Moses Gimbee], Ira M. Barton, estate, sale, lands, exchange, meadow, repairs, house, Worcester, Pine Meadow, house, purchase Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1844, c.97, passed March 15, 1844