Petition of Rebecca Davis

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481316 Date of creation: 1869-01-21 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dexter S. King, Boston; committee on Indians Selected signatures:Rebecca Davis Actions taken on dates: 1869-02-04,1869-02-05 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1869 and referred to the committee on Indians and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 5, 1869 and concurred Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: belongs to 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: feeble health, continuance of aid, usual grant, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1869, c.79, passed June 12, 1869