Passed Resolves; Resolves 1865, c.33, SC1/series 228, Petition of Barnard C. Marchant

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455190 Date of creation: 1865-02-04 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Osborn Jr., Edgartown; committee on claims Selected signatures:Barnard C. Marchant Actions taken on dates: 1865-02-09,1865-02-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1865 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 10, 1865 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardian of the Indians and people of color resident at Christiantown and Chappequiddic in Dukes County, ["guardian of certain Indian tribes in Dukes County"], ["guardian of the Indians in Dukes County"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Indian guardians, Christiantown Indians, Christian town, Chappaquiddick, Nelly Joseph, Asa Peters, three children, two orphan children, schools Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1865, c.33, passed April 8, 1865 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.