Petition of Dexter Gigger

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906109 Date of creation: 1863-03-21 Petition location: Cambridge Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Knowlton S. Chaffee, Cambridge; committee on claims Selected signatures:Dexter GiggerSarah L. Gigger Actions taken on dates: 1863-03-21,1863-03-23 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 21, 1863 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 23, 1863 and concurred Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: one of the Hassanimisco or Grafton tribe of Indians, [females of color], [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: Hassanamisco, Grafton, Middlesex county, John Milton Earle, employment, act, 1859, John Milton Earle, commissioner, destitute circumstances, willing to work, assistance, Dexter Giger, Sarah L. Giger, Dexter Jigger, Sarah L. Jigger Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1863, joint committee on claims – leave to withdraw