Petition of John Simons

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855923">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855923</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1743-09-08 </p> <p>Petition location: Middleborough </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Simons</li><li>Benjamin Wonnoh</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1743-09-09,1743-09-10,1743-09-15 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the Council on September 9, 1743 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred with amendments in the House on September 10, 1743 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on September 15, 1743 </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indians at Titecut in the township of Middleborough in the county of Plimouth, [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: Mashpee </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 archivist notes: Titicut, to sell lands to Ebenezer Shaw, sale, legal fees, incurred by land dispute with Captain Nehemiah Washburn, house, buildings, Boston, Middleborough, Plymouth, Indian guardians, debts, Josiah Willard, William Shirley, Joseph Livermore, John Jones, Thomas Cushing, John Cushing, John Simon, Benjamin Wonno, includes affidavits, certifications of Indian inhabitants signed by Thomas Felix, James Homeny, Job Ahaton </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, pages 463-464 </p>