Petition of John Freeman

Petition subject: Resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548166 Date of creation: 1758-03-04 Petition location: Eastham Selected signatures:John Freeman Total signatures: 1 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: one of the gardians of the Indians of Potoomocut 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: Potnumeket, Potawaumacut, Potnument, Potanumaquut, Eastham, Harwich, Indian guardians, privileges, lands, Billingsgate Point, Billingsgate Beach, Captain Silvanus Snow, whaling, fishing, Joshua Ralph, Samuel Crook, Samuel Smith, Lemuel Berry, petitioning, buildings, houses, cut thatch, skippers, head men of whale boats, Thomas Pownall, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 10-20, 28-33d] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, page 30