Petition of Abigail Latton

<p>Petition subject: Indian guardians </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208709">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208709</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1829-12-22 </p> <p>Petition location: Edgartown </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Abigail Latton</li><li>John Simmond</li><li>Jane Latton</li><li>Hannah Simpson</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 14.0 </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 5 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 7 </p> <p>Unidentified signatures: 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indian and people of colour inhabitants of the Island of Chappaquiddic within the district of Edgartown, [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: 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: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Chappaquiddick, Daniel Fellows Jr., fences, cattle, proprietors, appointments, Kilborn Whitman, witness, John Huxford, Sally Huxford; includes a column for number of each family </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, February 20, 1830 </p>