Petition of Alquat

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855748">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855748</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1671 </p> <p>Petition location: Pojassick near Westfield </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: County Court of Hampshire </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Alquat</li><li>Wallump</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1671-06-03 </p> <p>Legislative action: Referred and granted on June 3, 1671 </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Referred, granted </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: the Indian Sachems at Pojassick neere Westfield, [males of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Native American tribe: Nipmuc </p> <p>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.</p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Walumpe, Wollump, Amoakisson, Pojassick, Westfield, Woronoak, payment for lands illegally claimed by Westfield residents, Boston, Hampshire county, Lieutenant Cooper, William Torrey, Edward Rawson </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 168 </p>