Petition of Zachariah Howwoswee

Petition subject: Concerning property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148846 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Zachariah Howwoswee Actions taken on dates: 1809-01-10,1809-01-27,1809-02-18 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 10, 1809 and referred and received in the Senate on January 27, 1809 and committed and leave to withdraw on February 18, 1809 Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, committed, leave to withdraw Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Native of Gayhead, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Gayhead 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: Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Zachariah Mayhew, Reverend, lands, commissioner's land, compensation, preaching, house, building, hire out, cattle, fences, debts, Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1809, Docket 3953