Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906102 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: [Worcester?] Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Thurber, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:John Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1853-02-08 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 8, 1853 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: one of the descendants of the tribe of Indians known as the Hassanamisco or Grafton tribe, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: John Hector, Moses Gimbee, Worcester, Paxton, lands, 1628, trustees, Indian guardians, report, 1849, House Document No.46, the state is still indebted to the tribe for the fund which was lost under her management, sole heir at law, Worcester county, resolve, 1850, sale, eviction Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1853, Docket 13811