Petition of Sarah Walker

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448055 Date of creation: 1853-02-19 Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles White, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:Sarah Walker Actions taken on dates: 1853-02-23 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 23, 1853 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: wife of Gilbert Walker of Worcester in the county of Worcester, the only survivor of the Phillips family of the Grafton or Hassanamisco tribe of Indians, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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: Royal Keith, trustees, Indian guardians, entitled, lands, wood and pasture land, Grafton, convey and confirm to her in fee simple, proceeds, sole and separate use, includes note from Charles Brigham that he does not object to granting the prayer, includes note from Gilbert Walker, includes certification from Ira M. Barton, annuity, probate office, evidence, [Recommendations included in folder, including from prominent citizens and abolitionists of Worcester, additional documents] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1853, c.47, passed April 16, 1853