Petition of Katherine Sachems

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548082 Date of creation: 1753-09-05 Petition location: Middleborough Selected signatures:Katherine Sachems Actions taken on dates: 1753-09-12,1753-09-12 Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the House on September 12, 1753 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on September 12, 1753 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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 archivist notes: Katherine Sachamus, Teticutt, Titicut, Indian guardians, lands, land dispute, sale, deeds, Mary Sachamus, Mary Sachems, Mary Mooet, Mary Mooit, James Thomas, heirs of Captain Nehemiah Washburn, Captain Samuel White, boundaries, properties, orchard, great river, Titicut bridge, meeting house, children, wigwam, buildings, improvements, Solomon Leach, William Shirley, Thomas Hubbard, Thomas Clark, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 409-410, 529-534] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 409-410