House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2561, SC1/series 230, Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448928 Date of creation: 1850-02-26 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Whitney, Grafton; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:John HecktorSusannah HecktorJohn Hecktor[Richard A. Hecktor?]Moses HecktorSusan HecktorAsa HecktorWilliam HecktorCornelia Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1850-03-01 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 1, 1850 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery Total signatures: 9 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Females of color signatures: 3 Males of color signatures: 5 Unidentified signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: descendants from the Hassanamessett tribe of Indians, [males of color], [females of color], ["survivors of the Hassanamessett tribe of Indians"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: John Hector, Hassanamisco tribe, sale, lands, English planters, Worcester county, trustees, appointment, Indian guardians, protection, preservation, negligence, want of fidelity, diminished, no income, funds, hold, convey, Charles Brigham, property Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2561 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.