Petition of Wutasakompanin

<p>Petition subject: Religion </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855747">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855747</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1668-04-29 </p> <p>Petition location: Nipmuk near Mendon, Marlborough </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Wutasakompanin</li><li>Job Kattennet</li><li>Retuhhanit</li><li>Uppehchihtuk</li><li>Wullumahchein</li><li>Wagesuk</li><li>Wussaumanous</li><li>Tuhkomis</li><li>Papaumwoit</li><li>Wullompeh</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 10 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 10 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: the Native Indian sagamores & peoples of Nipmuc inhabiting within the bounds of the patterns of Massachusetts; and neare adioyneing unto the English townes settled of Mendon & Marlborough, the inhabitants of Quanutusset, Monuhehogok, Chaubunakongkomuk, Asukodnoeog, Kesepusqus, Wabuhquoshish, and the adjacent parts of Nipmuk, these have subscribed in the name, & with the consent of all the rest, [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: Nipmuc, religious, Boston, Sutton, Oxford, Mendon, Marlborough, Dudley, Job Kattenanit, Walumpe, Job alias Wausaumanous, [Black James], Quatissik, Quatiske, Quinetussit, Manchaug, Wabaquasset </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 146 </p>