Passed Resolves; Resolves 1868, c.35, SC1/series 228, Petition of Abiah Thomas

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448094 Date of creation: 1868-01-24 Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James B. Wood, New Bedford; committee on claims Selected signatures:Abiah Thomas Actions taken on dates: 1868-01-30,1868-01-31 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 30, 1868 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 31, 1868 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: Bristol county, son of Jemima Easton, mother, Deep Bottom tribe, West Tisbury, invalid, confined to her bed for years, expenses, nursing, labor, allowance, [John Saunders, John Sanders] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1868, c.35, passed May 4, 1868 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.