Petition of Sarah Berry

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906059 Date of creation: 1781-01-19 Petition location: Stoughton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Sarah BerryMingo HawkinsJerusha HawkinsIsaac WilliamsElizabeth WilliamsJacob WilborMary WilborHannah WillSarah WillDaniel Will Total signatures: 10 Females of color signatures: 6 Males of color signatures: 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal heirs to the Indian land called the six hundred acres lying in Stoughton within the county of Suffolk, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated 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 archivist notes: Ponkapoag, taxes, wood, land, guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 187, page 11