Petition of Simon Porredg

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548451">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548451</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1783-03-22 </p> <p>Petition location: Edgartown </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Simon Porredg</li><li>John Joel Jr.</li><li>Hesekia Joel</li><li>James Roben</li><li>George Johnson</li><li>John Joel</li><li>Samuel Peters</li><li>Benjamin Nackett</li><li>George Johnson</li><li>Isaac Tocknett</li><li>John Diamond</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 11 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 11 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indian Inhabitants of the Island of Chapaquidick, [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: Aquinnah </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: Chappaquiddick, lands, ancestors, improvements, houses, buildings, Israel Cacanahew, English, law suits, courts, boundaries </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 188, page 200 </p>