Passed Resolves; Resolves 1869, c.64, SC1/series 228, Petition of Abiah Thomas

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448098 Date of creation: 1869-01-11 Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward A. Thomas, Hampshire; committee on Indians Selected signatures:Abiah Thomas Actions taken on dates: 1869-01-15,1869-01-18 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 15, 1869 and referred to the committee on Indians and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 18, 1869 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Norfolk county, son of Jemima Easton, mother, West Tisbury, Deep Bottom tribe, invalid, bed ridden, burial expenses, witness D.R. Greene of New Bedford, [additional documents in folder, receipt for coffin], [John Saunders, John Sanders] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1869, c.64, passed May 26, 1869 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.