Petition of Freeman Sanders

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208733 Date of creation: 1840-02-29 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Elihu P. Norton, Edgartown; committee on the reduction of salaries Selected signatures:Freeman SandersChase PeaseWilliam VinsonHebron VincentSeth ClevelandHenry Marchant Jr.John NortonKilborn SmithEdgar BayliesEllis Lewis Actions taken on dates: 1840-03-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 7, 1840 and referred to the committee on the reduction of salaries Total signatures: 16.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 16 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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: investigation, Indian guardianship, Dukes county, abolish, unjust, anti-republican system, circumscribing the natural and inalienable rights of its subjects Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1840, Docket 746