Passed Resolves; Resolves 1784, c.91, SC1/series 228, Petition of Esther Freeborn

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455080 Date of creation: 1783-06-10 Petition location: Paxton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Esther Freeborn Legislative action: Committed Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: Indian native of Grafton alias Hassanimischo in the county of Worcester, proprietor, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Grafton, Hassanamisco, proprietors, Indian guardians, sale, lands, called the Indians Hundred Acres, Worcester county, deeds, family, small children, support, sickly husband, trustees, [includes certification of Edward Rawson, Willis Hall] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1784, c.91, passed November 11, 1784 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.