Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906088 Date of creation: 1861-03-12 Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph D. Daniels, Worcester; committee on claims Selected signatures:John Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1861-03-13,1861-03-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 13, 1861 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 13, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a descendant of the Hassanimisco tribe of Indians, sole surviving heir, [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, Hassanamisco, Grafton, Moses Gimby, Moses Gimbee, Winchester, New Hampshire, money, sale, lands, Indian guardians, trustees, property, poverty, investigation, [additional documents include special report on Zerviah Gould Mitchell and John Hecktor] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, referred to the Attorney General