Petition of Priscilla Freeman

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448093 Date of creation: 1867-01-12 Petition location: West Tisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Davis, Edgartown; committee on claims Selected signatures:Priscilla Freeman Actions taken on dates: 1867-01-24,1867-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 24, 1867 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 25, 1867 and concurred Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: an Indian of the Deep Bottom tribe in Dukes County, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Deep Bottom 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: Jemima Easton, her mother's husband, state pauper, death, funeral expenses, boarding, medical expenses, Isaac Easton, assistance, mother, removed from her house, no compensation, husband, ill health, family, allowance, [additional documents include letter of William H. Sturtevant], [includes certification of Tisbury selectmen, Henry Bradley, Charles Harding, John D. Rotch], [John Saunders, John Sanders] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1867, c.17, passed March 23, 1867