Petition of Mary Cook

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448034 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Chappaquiddick Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Mary CookBetsy Peters[Mary Cook for Olive Cooke][Mary Cook for my son Thaddeus Cooke][Mary Cook for Thaddeus Cook Jr.]Hannah Simpson[Hannah Simpson for my sons]Lovice SimpsonLewis Simpson[William Johnson for my daughters Mary JohnsonHannah JohnsonElihu JohnsonClarissa Johnson][Nelly Joseph for my sons]Francis GoodregeAbigail Latton Actions taken on dates: 1829-06-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on June 9, 1829 and committed Total signatures: 29.0 Legislative action summary: Received, committed Females of color signatures: 14.0 Males of color signatures: 15.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: natives of the island of Chapoquidick on Martha's Vineyard, [males of color], [females of color], ["sundry Natives of Chappaquiddick"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Chappaquiddick 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: Chappaquiddick, division, lands, strangers, marriage, prejudice, labor, industry, cultivated the soil, rendered it productive, soil, settlers, improvement, owners, justice, poor, property, common field, residents, payments, debts, support, funds, line, fences, proprietors, remonstrance, repair, application, Indian guardians, roads, cattle, paupers, taxation, burthens, burdens, expenses, claims, accounts, constables, pounds, enforce the law, appointment, petitioning, attested, John Huxford, [Peter Coffin?], [Includes notes next to signatures, people signing for others, particularly from women, females] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1829, c.56, passed March 2, 1830