Petition of Thomas Jeffers

Petition subject: Education funds Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448088 Date of creation: 1866-01-16 Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Davis, Edgartown; committee on education Selected signatures:Thomas JeffersGeorge BelainAaron CooperTristram WeeksSamuel PetersZaccheus CooperZaccheus Howwoswee Actions taken on dates: 1866-02-16,1866-02-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 16, 1866 and referred to the committee on education and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 17, 1866 and concurred Total signatures: 7.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 7.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indians and people of color, residents of Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, [males of color], ["Gay Head Indians"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Gayhead 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: annual appropriation, schools, continue Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1866, c.20, passed March 19, 1866