Petition of Rebecca Davis

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481304 Date of creation: 1867-01-09 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis J. Baxter, Boston; committee on finance; committee on claims Selected signatures:Rebecca Davis Actions taken on dates: 1867-01-23,1867-01-24,1867-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 23, 1867 and referred to the committee on finance and received in the House on January 24, 1867 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 25, 1867 and concurred Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: a member of the Ponkapoag tribe of Indians, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Massachusetts, Ponkapoag 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: Suffolk county, insufficient, additional sum, Indian guardians, witness, Charles Endicott Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1867, c.3, passed February 19, 1867