Petition of Isaac Quequaquonsit

<p>Petition subject: Regulation </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855805">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855805</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1703-05-20 </p> <p>Petition location: Eastham </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Isaac Quequaquonsit</li><li>Lawrence Jeofry</li><li>John Tom</li><li>Richard Attomun</li><li>Tom</li><li>Joshua Shantum</li><li>Joseph Quasson</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 7 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 7 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: the Indians belonging to the township of Eastham and places adjacent, in the name & with the consent of the rest, of Potanumauit society, of Saquatucket society, of Monumoy society, [males of color], ["the Indians of Eastham"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Native American tribe: Mashpee </p> <p>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.</p> <p>Additional archivist notes: conduct, protection, government, loyal subjects, religious, civil order, English government, abandoned former pagan idolatryes superstitions and methods of government, civil discountenance, immorality irreligion and ancient idolatry and customs, includes report from John Thatcher, Barnstable county, Monomoy, justices of the peace, Isaac Quequaganet, Isaac Quequabanuit, Lawrence Jeffrey, Richard Atamon, Jonathan Sparrow, Mr. Hinckley, Joseph Dudley, Queen Anne of Great Britain, crown of England, Plymouth laws, Plimouth, [from report: "...translated into their own languig...", language, translations, translate, laws, courts, administrations] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, pages 491-491a </p>