Petition of Moses Job

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548344 Date of creation: 1776 Petition location: Mashpee Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Moses Job[Phillip Wapquish]Mathias AmosJoseph RichardJoseph PoregeWilliam PopmonetNoah WepquishJacob CeaterDavide Sunkcouson[Simon Ketour]Joseph Wepquish[Jameson Keosom]Samuel MosesAbarham NatumpomGideon Natompom Jr.Gideon NatompomJames MiePrince JacksonJoushua PognettHosea PognettSimon PognettMoses PognettHosea PognettJohn Pognett Actions taken on dates: 1776-12-30,1777-01-23 Legislative action: Committed on December 30, 1776 and reported [on January 23, 1777] Total signatures: 25 Legislative action summary: Committed, reported Males of color signatures: 25 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the Indian proprietors of Mashpee in the County of Barnstable, [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: sale, lands, boundaries, Peter's Pond, Sandwich, Falmouth, marked pine tree, Captain Simeon Fish, house, buildings, Pickerell Cove, Mashpee Pond, Pimlico Pond, Nathaniel Fish Jr., Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America, blankets, bounties, supplies, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 144, pages 386-387a