Petition of Hercules

Petition subject: Regulation Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855788 Date of creation: 1694-09-05 Selected signatures:HerculesLawrenceJohn Quasson Total signatures: 3 Males of color signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indians, in behalfe of all the Indians in and about the towns of Yarmouth, Manomoy and Eastham & the adjacent places thereabouts, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: Eastham, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Cape Cod, Monomoy, body of laws, Plymouth colony, Plimouth colony, appointments, courts, youth, order, discipline, drunkenness, stealing, religious, constitution, sabbath, alcohol, liquor, Indian guardians, William Phips Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 353