Petition of Sally Burr

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448063 Date of creation: 1861-03-02 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: H. Augustus Lothrop, Sharon; committee on claims Selected signatures:Sally Burr Actions taken on dates: 1861-03-05,1861-03-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 5, 1861 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 7, 1861 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: the widow of James Burr who was a member of the Ponkapog tribe of Indians, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Massachusetts, Ponkapoag 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: Ponkapoag tribe, maintain, health, annuity, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1861, c.49, passed March 28, 1861