Petition of Solomon Briant

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548087 Date of creation: 1753-11-22 Petition location: Mashpee Selected signatures:Solomon BriantJohn WepquishDavit SogkasinJoseph WepquishNoah WepquishRitchat SimonCalnep PohpumunnitJakop SimonRicht SimonwuskRoben WillimPihnib WepquishJames PaompJoseph PeterSary RitchatMary CanepBattih TompamMary Cashsim SimonSary RitchatButtiah SimonJerusha WepquishBasson HarreMary BriantMary SimonSary EsauBage KehtauTapunnoh WompamHannah FishExpanonish PogkinnitEster TompamBatteh AmosAbikel AmosJeen AmosMase PapenauJerusha PapenerHope CakunnehooHannah RitchatBagke Peter[Nione Willim]Ruth PargSamuel RobenCashsim BarnobasMicah TompanDanin SogkasinDanin JobIsaak SimonJoseph Wompam[Joseph Papener Drakon]Samuel RitchatIsaak AmosMatthias AmosSimon PapenauJohn CakunnehooJudaho BarnobasIsaak SimonDaniel Sogkasin Total signatures: 55 Females of color signatures: 26 Males of color signatures: 29 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: [males of color], [females of color], ["Mashpee Indians"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated 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: proprietors, removal of Indian guardians, language, translation, Boston, [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, page 427