Petition of Zerviah Gould Mitchell

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13905996 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: [Abington?] Selected signatures:Zerviah Gould Mitchell Total signatures: 1 Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: an Indian woman, of the tribe of Troy Indians, and the descendant and sole representative of Benjamin Squinneway, an Indian of that tribe, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Troy/Fall River 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: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: by her attorney Thornton K. Lothrop, Troy Indians, Benjamin Squmnamay, Benjamin Squamnaway, lands, legal or equitable fee, Indian Town, Benjamin Tuspaquin, Fall River, Benjamin Winslow, Benjamin Winslow, Indian guardians, guardian and agent of the Troy Indians, wood, relief, investigation, report, application, harshness, manner most offensive to her feelings, unkindness, injustice, hearing, examination, rights, conduct, testimony, arguments, wrongs, loss, damage, injury Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, January 7, 1860