Petition of John Ralph

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548151 Date of creation: 1757 Petition location: Harwich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:John RalphJoshua PompmoreJoshua RalphJames OlurDavid QuansetJoshua JethroRichard Attemon Actions taken on dates: 1757-02-05 Legislative action: Received and committed on February 2, 1757 and reported to be granted Total signatures: 7 Legislative action summary: Received, committed, reported Males of color signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Potenumacut priveledg Indians propriaters, [males 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: Potenumacut, Potenumecut, exchange, sale, lands, Richard Rogers, Hester Attimon, widow, Richard Attimon, 1749, daughter, quit claim, John Thomas, Noah Sprague, James Otis, deeds, Spencer Phipps, Roland Cotton Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 754-755a