Petition of Andrew Abram

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855929 Date of creation: 1744-02-08 Petition location: Grafton Selected signatures:Andrew AbramPeter LarrnceMoses PrinterSarah PrinterDebora MischoChristian MischoSara Robins Actions taken on dates: 1744-02-16,1744-02-17,1744-03-16,1744-03-16 Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the House on February 16, 1744 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on February 17, 1744 and received and ordered on appointments in the Council on March 16, 1744 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the House on March 16, 1744 Total signatures: 7 Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred, received, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 3 Males of color signatures: 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian proprietors in Grafton, widow, our marks, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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: Andrew Abraham, Peter Lawrence, Christian Misco, Deborah Misco, Sarah Robbins, appointments, trustees, dismissed, time, travel, money, interest, Hassanamisco, books, bonds, papers, records, Josiah Willard, William Shirley, John Jones, Thomas Cushing, John Chandler, Edward Baker Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, pages 476-477