Petition of Simon Porredge

<p>Petition subject: Indian guardians </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208702">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208702</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1805-06-01 </p> <p>Petition location: Edgartown </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Simon Porredge</li><li>Samuel Peters</li><li>Betsy Carter</li><li>Joseph Simpson</li><li>Thaddeus Cook</li><li>William Johnson</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 10.0 </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 9 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indian natives and people of colour now inhabitants on the Island of Chapequiddick in said county, [males of color], [females 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>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Native American tribe comment: Example commentary from Chappaquiddick community </p> <p>Native American tribe: Chappaquiddick </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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Chappaquiddick, Dukes county, 1789 law, act, patentees, purchasers, lands, fences, proprietors, Indian guardians, creatures, animals, trespassing, removal, appointments, agent, wives, children, families </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, June 1, 1805 </p>