Petition of Samuel Pigchiker

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28539143 Date of creation: 1781-05-10 Petition location: Chilmark Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Walter Spooner Selected signatures:Samuel PigchikerJohn PigchikerMary Frances[Sarah Pits]Sarah PanuJoel RogersJonathan SlocumIazack JohnsonObee HerryElezebeth PanuMarkid WannerDapthe OukquitPashen DauitJuette DocknitPerrre OurminerSeresher OakquiyDerkers QuieppeJohn SimonJosiah CooperPethier Coumes[Sciroty Pau?][Paty Paun?]Siles JohnsonCrash JoelMarcy JohnsonElizzebeth JohnsonThomas FranciesIsaac Toknut[Pero Peters?]Abgiel WekexCszer Pomit[Jaice Cockquit?][Diuper Simon]Mary DoeyThomas CooperDerrks RogersMarcy Tolmon JohnsonMary TokesPethier NohomorLydia Coomes[Pall Yoy]Matthew DokkoosJuette OakquitJane YoyAbagail PomitSuette Pomit Actions taken on dates: 1781-06-30,1781-07-02 Legislative action: Received and granted in the House on June 30, 1781 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Senate on July 2, 1781 Total signatures: 46 Legislative action summary: Received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 21 Males of color signatures: 15 Unidentified signatures: 10 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian Inhabitants of Gayhead in Chilmark in Dukes County, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Aquinnah 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: Gayhead, Gay Head, lands, English, improvements, stock, creatures, animals, pasture, overstocked, corn, cow, appointments, regulation, Matthew Mayhew, William Mayhew, Moses Lambert, Samuel Adams, Nathaniel Gorham, John Hancock, includes Jonathan Allen correspondence, letter Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 234, pages 19-21