Petition of Rebecca Davis

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909153 Date of creation: 1870-01-05 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas B. Griffith, Carver; committee on claims Selected signatures:Rebecca Davis Actions taken on dates: 1870-02-01,1870-02-02 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 1, 1870 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 2, 1870 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: a member of the Ponkapog 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: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Ponkapoag, Suffolk county, continuance, aid, renewal of sum, 52 Garden Street, includes note, refer to Charles Endicott of Canton or Paul Adams, 38 School Street, Boston Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1870, committee on claims - leave to withdraw claims