Petition of Abigail Latton

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208709 Date of creation: 1829-12-22 Petition location: Edgartown Selected signatures:Abigail LattonJohn SimmondJane LattonHannah Simpson Total signatures: 14.0 Females of color signatures: 5 Males of color signatures: 7 Unidentified signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian and people of colour inhabitants of the Island of Chappaquiddic within the district of Edgartown, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Chappaquiddick 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: Chappaquiddick, Daniel Fellows Jr., fences, cattle, proprietors, appointments, Kilborn Whitman, witness, John Huxford, Sally Huxford; includes a column for number of each family Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, February 20, 1830