Petition of John Abram

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855867 Date of creation: 1741-03-25 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:John Abram Actions taken on dates: 1741-04-01,1741-04-01 Legislative action: Received and granted in the House on April 1, 1741 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on April 1, 1741 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian planter, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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 archivist notes: John Abraham, king’s evil, to sell lands, sale, medical care, diseases, scrofula, measles, invalid, disabilities, Hassanamisco, debts, deeds, minor, Deborah Abraham, Deborah Abram, Andrew Abraham, Andrew Abram, Jonas Abraham, Jonas Abram, Josiah Willard, Nahum Ward, John Quincy, Edward Goddard, Jonathan Belcher, includes affidavits, certifications, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 304-307b, 370] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, pages 304-306