Petition of Sylvanus Bourn

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548097 Date of creation: 1753-12-11 Petition location: Mashpee Selected signatures:Sylvanus BournJames Otis Actions taken on dates: 1753-12-28 Legislative action: Received on December 28, 1753 Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: others, guardians to the Mashpee Indians Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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 archivist notes: answer, Silvanus Bourne, Indian guardians, proprietors, lands, meadows, clothing, agriculture, accounts, English, corn, husbandry, upland, hay, stock, food, supplies, house, buildings, goal, prisons, jails, improvements, wood, taverns, liquor, alcohol, fishing, William Shirley, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 424-430, 445-447, 449-452] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 449-451