Petition of Simon Porredg

Petition subject: Resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548450 Date of creation: 1782-12-10 Petition location: Edgartown Selected signatures:Simon PorredgGeorge Johnson Jr.John Joel Jr.James RobbenBenjamin NackettJohn Joal[Iaizac Richson]Hesekia JoelSamuel PetersGeorge JohnsonIsaac TocknettJohn Dimond Total signatures: 12 Males of color signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian Inhabitants of the Island of Chappaquidick in Edgartown in Dukes County, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Aquinnah 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: Chappaquiddick, lands, English, houses, buildings, wood, sale, fences, teams, plow, agriculture, grass, cattle, creatures, corn, harvest Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 188, pages 198-199