Petition of Priscilla Freeman

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448084 Date of creation: 1865-01 Petition location: Deep Botom, Tisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Osborn Jr., Edgartown; committee on claims Selected signatures:Priscilla Freeman Actions taken on dates: 1865-02-02,1865-02-03 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 2, 1865 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 3, 1865 and concurred Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: one of the Indian people of the Deep Bottom tribe, situate in the southern part of the town of Tisbury, on the island of Martha's Vineyard, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Deep Bottom 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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Jemima Easton, Henry Bradley, additional allowance, mother, poor woman, family of young children dependent upon daily labor, room, small house, confined, helpless, heavy person, aged, infirm, appeal, time, appeal, expenses, least amount necessary to cover the actual necessities of life, includes certification, selectmen of the town of Tisbury, [John Saunders, John Sanders] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1865, c.10, passed March 16, 1865