Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.64, SC1/series 228, Petition of Leavitt Thaxter

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455174 Date of creation: 1836-12-30 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Davis, Edgartown; committee on claims Selected signatures:Leavitt Thaxter Actions taken on dates: 1837-01-14,1837-01-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1837 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 14, 1837 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardian to the Indians and people of colour resident at Chappaquiddic and Christiantown, ["guardian to the Indians and people of colour resident at Chappaquiddic and Christiantown"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Jane Saunders, Chappaquiddick, 85 years old, blind, lands, son in law, includes note Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.64, passed April 12, 1837 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.