Council; Council Files [May 18, 1807], GC3/series 378, Petition of Samuel Peters

<p>Petition subject: Indian guardians </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208703">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208703</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1807-05-18 </p> <p>Petition location: Edgartown </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Samuel Peters</li><li>Simon Porrdge</li><li>Joseph Simpson</li><li>Thaddeus Cook</li><li>Frances Peters</li><li>Betsy Carter</li><li>William Johnson</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 15 </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 2 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 12 </p> <p>Unidentified signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indian natives and people of colour dwelling on the Island of Chappequidick in the county of Dukes County, [males of color], [females of color] </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>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Chappaquiddick, George Johnson, Dukes county, Indian guardians, oppress, remonstrate against his conduct, arbitrary in his proceedings, bondage, removal, appointments, justice </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, [May 18, 1807] </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>