Petition of Isaac Williams

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906093 Date of creation: 1865-02-14 Petition location: Stoughton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joel P. Hewins, Sharon; committee on claims Selected signatures:Isaac Williams Actions taken on dates: 1865-02-24,1865-02-25 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 24, 1865 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 25, 1865 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a member of the Ponkapog tribe of Indians, [males 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: Ponkapoag, annuity, blind, insufficient, additional sum, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1865, rejected