Petition of John Tashama

<p>Petition subject: Resources </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548112">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548112</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1754-10-17 </p> <p>Petition location: Nantucket </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Tashama</li><li>Samuel Humphry</li><li>Joseph Skutquary</li><li>Benjamin Tarshamy</li><li>Daniel Phillips</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 5 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 5 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: the subscribers Indian natives and Inhabitants of the Island of Nantuckett, [males 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>Native American tribe: Aquinnah </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 archivist notes: English encroachment, lands, improvements, houses, buildings, gardens, agriculture, cows, sheep, horses, creatures, animals, John Tashama, 1753, Abel Gardner, Zephaniah Coffin, courts, Edgartown, 1672, Sachems, appointments, Harrie, Enoch Coffin, Dukes County, Wamuchmamuck, Petosun, Nicanoos, Obadiah Nanahomo, George Nanahumoo, Harrie Ahkeiman, 1747, William Shirley, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 551-553] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, page 551 </p>