Petition of M.P. Butler

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481292 Date of creation: 1863-01 Petition location: Tisbury Selected signatures:M.P. ButlerJoseph AdamsBartlett Mayhew Jr.R.W. CrockerJ. Whelden HolmesNathan Mayhew Total signatures: 6.0 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 6.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: selectmen of Tisbury, overseers of poor Tisbury Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Deep Bottom 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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Priscilla Freeman, Deep Bottom tribe, Jemima Easton, aid, much needed, devotion seldomed equalled and easily surpassed, [John Saunders, John Sanders] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1863, c.16, passed February 21, 1863