Petition of James Ropen

Petition subject: Resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548233 Date of creation: 1766-01-28 Petition location: Chappaquiddick Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Brattle, Thomas Foster & [Daniel Howard] Esqr Selected signatures:James RopenJohn JoelBeniamin NohtakiJoel JoelPeter TuppohhusSamson KokqueBeniamin MosesPeassious EkeunJerusha JefuryZachariah Howwowe Total signatures: 10 Females of color signatures: 2 Males of color signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: We the Indian Subscribers Inhabitants of the Island of Chappequedick in the County afore said, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated 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: complaint, English, trespass, lands, wood, brush, summer pasturing, pastures, agriculture, corn fields, cattle, fences, creatures, tethering, pound, stray, Martha's Vineyard, William Brattle, Thomas Foster, Daniel Howard, committee on Indian affairs in Dukes county Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 368-370