Petition of Roben Suncosson

Petition subject: Resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548062 Date of creation: 1753-09-08 Petition location: Barnstable Selected signatures:Roben SuncossonJacob NatompomDaniel SuncossonSamuel RuchardIsaca NatompomJosiah PopumunitZaccheus PopumunitJosep WeepquishDaniel MefrickJohn MefrickSilas NatompomDavid SuncossonJames PopumunitJames KetauJeremiah SuncossonTem RithEly MosesJohn Weepquish Total signatures: 18 Males of color signatures: 18 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Mashpee Indians, [males of color] 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: language, translation, English, lands, woods, marsh, houses, buildings, Boston, teachers, schoolmasters, schools, education, lumber, fishing, fisheries, corn, hay, gardens, money, ministers, clergy, religious, cattle, farming, planting, agriculture, Indian guardians, sea, whaling, laws, literacy Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, page 277