Passed Resolves; Resolves 1830, c.48, SC1/series 228, Petition of Daniel Fellows Jr.

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455191 Date of creation: 1830-12-30 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Leavitt Thaxter, Edgartown; committee on claims Selected signatures:Daniel Fellows Jr.Peter BelainAbraham Brown Actions taken on dates: 1831-01-07,1831-01-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 7, 1831 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 7, 1831 and concurred Total signatures: 3 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardian and overseers of the Indians and people of colour resident at Chappequiddic in Dukes County, guardian, overseers, [males of color], [\"guardian & overseers of the Chappequiddic Indians\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Chappaquiddick, support of Polly Madison, illegitimate child, 14 years of age, helpless, non compos mentis, Betsy Madison, Betsy Carrol, residing and married to man in New Bedford, liberal and fostering hand, a descendant of the sons of the forest, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1830, c.48, passed February 21, 1831 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.