Petition of Solomon Briant

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855949 Date of creation: 1748-03-29 Petition location: Mashpee Selected signatures:Solomon BriantIsaac AmosMatthias AmosPhilep WepqushJoseph WepqushJohn WepqushDavid SoukasinNoah WepqushJoseph RichardJacob WatompamMicah TompamMicah PopmonitMatthias RichardIsaac WatompamJoseph SakasinDavid RichardCaleb PopmonitElisha KetauWilliam PopmonitDavid SimonIsaac Simon Jr.Robin SaukasinSamuel RichardZaccheus PopmonitSamuel Trays Actions taken on dates: 1748-04-08 Legislative action: Received and read and dismissed in the Council on April 8, 1748 Total signatures: 25 Legislative action summary: Received, read, dismissed Males of color signatures: 25 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: We Poor Indians, [males of color] 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: abuses by guardians, removal, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, lands, meadows, destitute, starvation, hunger, money, sale, English, the aged the widow and fatherless, hay, cattle, Josiah Willard, James Otis, David Crocker, Silvanus Bourne, petitioning, language, agent, includes affidavits, certifications, notes ["Solomon Briant is our messenger" and "A True Translation of an Indian Petition"] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, page 576