Passed Acts; St. 1788, c.38, SC1/series 229, Petition of [Asaham Ming?]

<p>Petition subject: Indian guardians </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12231222">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12231222</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1788-10-31 </p> <p>Petition location: Mashpee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>[Asaham Ming?]</li><li>Jeremiah Badcock</li><li>James Lewis</li><li>Antoney Hensen</li><li>Jobe Tobey</li><li>Isaac Wickam</li><li>James Mie [James Mye?]</li><li>Solomon Attaquin</li><li>Abraham Squib</li><li>Noah Wepquish</li><li>Seser Cobb</li><li>Hosea Richard</li><li>Sipeo Allin</li><li>Newport Mye</li><li>Qousha Bulken</li><li>Amos Babcock</li><li>Gideon Tompom</li><li>Jub Severs</li><li>Richard Cowet</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 22 </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 21 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: a number of the most stable Indians and proprietors of Marshpee in the county of Barnstable, [males of color], [females 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>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: [Not sure on first signature, Abraham Mingo?], remonstrance, appointment, Reverend, Gideon Hawley, John Percival, Reuben Fish, Barnstable, petitioning, negro trespassers, act, alcohol, liquor, slaves, corn, Ebenezer Crocker, Lot Nye, overseers, settlement, voters, meeting, sea, Daniel Davis, Jedidiah Jones, Simeon Fish, Nathaniel Baker, Mashpee, Marshpee </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1788, c.38, passed January 30, 1789 </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>