Petition of Fortune Burnee

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208671">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208671</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1787-10 </p> <p>Petition location: Grafton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Fortune Burnee</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1.0 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: negro man of Grafton, [males of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco </p> <p>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.</p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Abigail Burnee, Abigail Printer, Abigail Abraham, estate, Ami Printer,one of the original proprietors, Hassanamisco tribe, dwelling house, fire, household goods, lands, Fortune Burnee Jr., sale, building, Indian guardians, Edward Rawson, Willis Hall, Worcester county, certification </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1787, c.88, passed November 19, 1787 </p>