Petition of James Thomas

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855957 Date of creation: 1749-05-31 Petition location: Middleborough Selected signatures:James Thomas Actions taken on dates: 1749-06-12,1749-06-28 Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the House on June 12, 1749 and sent for concurrence and received [and read and concurred?] in the Council on June 28, 1749 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the only son of Saml Thomas of Titecut in the Township of Middleborough, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: Titicut, to sell lands, sale, inheritance, father, debts, John Thomas, Concord, Middleborough, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Indian guardians, proprietors, deeds, Samuel Thomas, son of Peter Pomponoohoo, Josiah Willard, William Shirley, Joseph Dwight, Adam Cushing, includes note, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 582-583, 610, 616, 624-625] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, pages 624-625