Petition of Deborah James

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548458 Date of creation: 1783-03-15 Petition location: Bridgewater Selected signatures:Deborah James Total signatures: 1 Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: Indian woman, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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 archivist notes: sale, lands, Plymouth county, husband, Samuel James, military service, soldiers, veterans, Cambridge, 1775, debts, widow, Indian guardians, Jonathan Turner, David Kingman, includes affidavits, certifications Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 188, page 274