Petition of Elizabeth Samson

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906036 Date of creation: 1775-11-27 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Elizabeth SamsonAbigail BurneeMary ComacherSarah Burnee Actions taken on dates: 1776-01-17,1776-01-18 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 17, 1776 and resolved and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on January 18, 1776 and read and concurred Total signatures: 4 Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 4 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: in behalf of ourselves and of the other Indian proprietors, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: sickness, trustees of Indian affairs in Grafton, [Hassanamisco] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 144, pages 338-339