Petition of Polly Crowd

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448054 Date of creation: 1853-01 Petition location: Canton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles H. French, Canton; committee on claims Selected signatures:Polly Crowd Actions taken on dates: 1853-01-28,1853-01-29,1853-01-31 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1853 and referred to the committee on claims and received in the House on January 29, 1853 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 31, 1853 and concurred Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: invalid member of the Punkapog tribe of Indians, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: William C. Nell, Ponkapoag, Polly Croud, Indian guardians, payments Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1853, c.15, passed March 12, 1853