Passed Resolves; Resolves 1852, c.41, SC1/series 228, Petition of William A. Vanderhoop

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455132 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: [Gayhead?] Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Fisher, Nantucket and Dukes; committee on claims Selected signatures:William A. VanderhoopZaccheus Cooper Actions taken on dates: 1852-02-23,1852-02-24 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 23, 1852 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the House on February 24, 1852 and concurred Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: overseers of the poor at Gay Head in the county of Duke's County, [males of color], [\"overseers poor of Gay Head\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Clara Shepherd, Gay Head, Gayhead, State Lunatic Hospital, Worcester, Willard Shepherd, absent, crazy, mad, dangerous, peace, safety, confined, daughter, public lands, lunacy Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1852, c.41, passed April 20, 1852 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.