Petition of James Thomas

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548104 Date of creation: 1754-03-27 Petition location: Middleborough Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:James Thomas Actions taken on dates: 1754-04-16 Legislative action: Committed on April 16, 1754 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian Man living at a Place called Titicut within the Township of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: Titicut, sale, to sell lands, sore sickness, families, debts, medical care, suits in law, courts, Indian guardians, John Winslow, Samuel White, William Shirley, Gamaliel Bradford, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 510-510a] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 494-494a