Petition of Joseph Barrows

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448039 Date of creation: 1838-02-27 Petition location: Carver Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jesse Murdock, Carver; John A. Shaw, Plymouth; several names from a committee Selected signatures:Joseph BarrowsDaniel ShawTimothy Cobb Actions taken on dates: 1838-03-01,1839-01-19,1839-02-23 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 1, 1838 and referred to a committee and received in the Senate on January 19, 1839 and referred to a committee and received in the Senate on February 23, 1839 and recommitted Total signatures: 3 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred, received, recommitted Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardians of the Indian land in the town of Carver in the county of Plymouth, selectmen of Carver Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Herring Pond 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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: James R. Sprout of Wareham, descendants of Luama Seepit, Luana Seepit, Luana Sepit, Luana Cepit, Indian guardians, resolve, 1835, lands, demand, property, interest, supplies, sale, debts, costs, charges Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1839, c.46, passed April 1, 1839