Petition of Cyrus Leland

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448032">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448032</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1828-05-28 </p> <p>Petition location: Grafton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Rejoice Newton, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Cyrus Leland</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1828-06-03 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on June 3, 1828 and committed to the committee on probate and chancery </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, committed </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: trustee of the Hassanamisco or Grafton tribe of Indians, guardian of the Hassanamisco or Grafton Indians </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>Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco </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: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Lucy Gimbee, Moses Gimbee, Indian guardians, Worcester county, real estate, heirs, sale, exchange, support, investment, certification, Jonathan Wheeler </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1828, c.12, passed June 11, 1828 </p>