Petition of John Simon

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548085 Date of creation: 1753-09-12 Petition location: Middleborough Selected signatures:John Simon Actions taken on dates: 1753-09-14,1753-09-14 Legislative action: Received and ordered to investigate rights to lands in the House on September 14, 1753 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on September 14, 1753 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Titecutt Indn man and preacher their to Indians at this present time approved of by the Corporation in his own name and behalf of the Little Flock he has their with him, [males of color], ["for himself and on behalf of the Teticutt Indians"] 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: Titicut, Reverend, minister, clergy, religious, ancient ancestors, debts, right to lands, sale, Mary Mooet, Stephen Davis, James Thomas, deeds, wood, one leg, disabilities, military service, soldiers, veterans, [Siege of Louisbourg, Cape Breton expedition, Louisbourg expedition, King George's War?], clothing, clothed, broadcloth, beaver hat, watch, coffee, tea, chocolate, gentleman, Boston, Society for Propagation of the Gospel, meeting house, Indian guardians, William Shirley, Thomas Hubbard, Thomas Clark Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 419-421