Petition of Silvanus Bourn

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548182 Date of creation: 1759-06-06 Petition location: Mashpee Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee Selected signatures:Silvanus BournEdward Bacon Actions taken on dates: 1759-06-06,1759-06-09 Legislative action: Committed on June 6, 1759 and reported on June 9, 1759 Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Committed, reported Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Esqrs two of the Guardians to the Mashpee 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: Jacob Simon, military service, soldiers, veterans, Indian guardians, reimbursement, care, nursing, burial, support, sickness, smallpox, French and Indian War, accounts, English, Captain, Thomas Pownall Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, page 108