House Unpassed Legislation 1796, Docket 4405, SC1/series 230, Petition of Hezekiah Broad

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935265 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Natick Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Hezekiah BroadAsa DruryWilliam Biglow Total signatures: 5 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: selectmen of the town of Natick Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Elizabeth Ephraim, estate, Jonas Obscow, military service, blind, rheumatism, Ester Pero, child, Ceasar Ferrit, lands, sale, Indian guardians, taxation, town school, blankets, clothing, \"...they have taken in negros among them who were freed when they were old and worn out with whom they marry and have children...\" [also see House Unpassed 1795-1796, docket 4488, act on support of poor negros, not allowed a third reading, and docket 4499, note about Natick petition to support negros] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1796, Docket 4405 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.