Petition of Desire Cepit

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548497 Date of creation: 1782-01-16 Petition location: Plympton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Desire Cepit Actions taken on dates: 1782-02-04,1782-03-07 Legislative action: Committed and received and granted in the House on February 4, 1782 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Senate on March 7, 1782 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed, received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: Indian woman, [females of color] 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: Desire Sepit, Plimton, Plymouth, debts, widow, Sarah Cushman, note of hand, on book, Thomas Drew, silver money, lands, pine land, sale, Indian guardians, Jonathan Turner, David Kingman, Jonathan Nelson, Turner, Crane, Frye, Samuel Adams, Nathaniel Gorham, John Hancock, includes affidavits, certifications Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 235, pages 481-482