Petition of Asa Bement

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909132 Date of creation: 1781-03-20 Petition location: Stockbridge Selected signatures:Asa BementDavid PixleyJoseph Shauquethqueat Total signatures: 3 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: selectmen of the town of Stockbridge, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Stockbridge-Munsee 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: grist mill, saw mill, Isaac Ball, Samuel Hatch, Hans Viniger, river, Joseph Shauquethqueat, Benjamin Waunchauwut, David Naunauneck, Berkshire, Hannibal, Hanible, Housatonic River, Elihu Miles, John Sergeant, Benjamin Willard, Melatiah Hatch, [with certification] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 232, pages 337-338