Petition of Jemima Easton

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448064 Date of creation: 1860-01-29 Petition location: Deep Botom, Tisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alanson Borden, New Bedford; committee on claims Selected signatures:Jemima Easton Actions taken on dates: 1860-02-09,1860-02-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1860 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 10, 1860 and concurred Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: an Indian resident at Deep Bottom in the town of Tisbury in the county of Dukes county and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Deep Bottom 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: Isaac Easton, infirm, lame, sick, constant attendance, medical assistance, unpaid doctor's bill, provision, payments, includes certification from Leavitt Thaxter, Indian guardians, includes notes and signatures vouching for her on the petition, Barnard C. Marchant, Richard L. Pease, includes note on front with legislative information from L.F. Parker: Luce says she is a deserving lady, thinks $75.00 should be given her], [John Saunders, John Sanders] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1861, c.60, passed April 1, 1861