Petition of Isaac Williams

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906087 Date of creation: 1860-03-07 Petition location: Canton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John S. Eldridge, Canton; committee on claims Selected signatures:Isaac Williams Actions taken on dates: 1860-03-08,1860-03-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 8, 1860 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 9, 1860 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a member of the Ponkapoag tribe of Indians, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Massachusetts, Ponkapoag 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: Ponkapoag, lost his sight, blind, annuity, insufficient, additional sum, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1860, reference