Passed Resolves; Resolves 1839, c.18, SC1/series 228, Petition of Leavitt Thaxter

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448038 Date of creation: 1838-12-22 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas Bradley, Tisbury; committee on claims Selected signatures:Leavitt Thaxter Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-15,1839-01-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 15, 1839 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 15, 1839 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 of the Indians and people of colour at Chappequiddic and Christiantown Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Recall De Grass, Recall D. Grasse, Recall DeGrass, Recall DeGrasse, Chappaquiddick, Indian guardians, asthma, labor, lands, act 1828, rent, allowance Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1839, c.18, passed February 18, 1839 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.