Petition of Moses Roberts

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448036 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Lincoln, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:Moses Roberts Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 19, 1838 and refered to the committee on probate and chancery Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: trustee of the Hassanamisco or Grafton Indians Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: Indian guardians, Moses Gimbo, Moses Gimbee, Worcester, dwelling house, garden, lands, widow, children, Ony Gimbo, Leander, Gimbo, Ony Gimbee, Leander Gimbee, Caroline Belden wife of James Belden, [Caroline Gimbee], repair, sale, estate, Israel Rice Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.7, passed January 30, 1838