Petition of Joseph Panue

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548177 Date of creation: 1759-02-21 Petition location: Gay Head Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Joseph PanueLaban HosswitJonathan PaulSilis PaulJude HossveitThomas CupperJoseph PyneSamuel FrancesIsaac HoswueitZacharih HosswittSilis JonsonJoseph JoelZachary HossveitPilot SouwamogJames TallmanJoseph DavidThomas TohqunJeremiah SoowamogSolomon PaulThomas OhkohJohn OhkohEles HenryEles Henry Jr.Papne AmogSarah PaulEzther HenryBattey EkenMary QuonsMarcy JobMarcy Job Jr.Old RachanMarkit CatooteButtiah TohqunJude TohaunAbegall JoelNaomi JoelEzther Pomit Legislative action: Committed Total signatures: 37 Legislative action summary: Committed Females of color signatures: 12 Males of color signatures: 23 Unidentified signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the Indian Inhabitants of Gayhead on Marthas Vineyard, [males of color], [females of color], ["Indians at Martha's Vineyard"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Aquinnah 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: Indian guardians, appointments, orations, business, travel, Timothy Mayhew, Edgartown, Matthew Mayhew, Joshua Hersey, Abishai Folger Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 86-86a