Petition of Samuel Mingo

Petition subject: Indian resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909151 Date of creation: 1861-01-12 Petition location: Christiantown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Richard A. Peirce, New Bedford; committee on claims Selected signatures:Samuel MingoAsa PetersWilliam JamesCharles JamesGeorge JamesJoseph MingJohn AnthonyWilliam JeffersCharlotte BelainHepzibeth PetersMartha SpencerAlmira SaundersJudith JamesHannah HomesAdriana SimpsonDorisa CaseyHepsybeth Goodrich[Ellen Faman?] Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-22,1861-01-23 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 22, 1861 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 23, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 18 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 10 Males of color signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: members of the Christiantown tribe of Indians and people of color in Dukes County, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated Native American tribe: Christiantown 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: Christiantown, Christian town, gradual encroachments, lands, wood lands, meadow lands, live stock, 21 head of cattle, 1 horse, crop of hay, fishery, fathers, support, privileges, [additional documents include second special report and correspondence] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, referred to the Attorney General