Petition of Samuel Peters

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208707 Date of creation: 1824-01-14 Petition location: Edgartown Selected signatures:Samuel PetersWilliam JohnsonBetsy CarterLucy BrownJoseph SimpsonJane SaundersJane GoldSally WebquishMary Cook Total signatures: 14.0 Females of color signatures: 11 Males of color signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indians and people of colour, inhabitants of the Island of Chapquidick in the town of edgartown county of Dukes County, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Chappaquiddick 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: Chappaquiddick, act, lands, division, divided, boundaries, fences, support, poor, appropriation, reservations Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, February 12, 1824