Petition of John Eames

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855801">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855801</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1701 </p> <p>Petition location: [Natick?] </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Eames</li><li>Nathaniel Eames</li><li>Samuel Eames</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1701-02-25,1701-02-25,1701-06-24,1701-06-27 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received and resolved in the House on February 25, 1701 and sent for concurrence and received and read and consented to in the Council on February 25, 1701 and read on June 24, 1701 and read on June 27, 1701 and read </p> <p>Total signatures: 3 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, sent, received, read, consented, read, read, read </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: John Eames & his breathren </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Native American tribe: Nipmuc </p> <p>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.</p> <p>Additional archivist notes: attack on family of Thomas Eames, families, Natick, Narragansett fight, house, captivity, Joshua Assunt, Old Jacob, chief, sued, recompense, lands, obtained an act of Natick Indians att their court att Nonantum, Sherborn, Sachem, deeds, 1695, 1679, confirmation </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, pages 484-485 </p>