Petition of Charlotte E. Myers

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448090 Date of creation: 1866-01-03 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Harvey Jewell, Boston; committee on claims Selected signatures:Charlotte E. Myers Actions taken on dates: 1866-01-19,1866-01-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 19, 1866 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 19, 1866 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: widow, a member of the Ponkapoag 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: Suffolk county, feeble health, destitute, maintenance, allowance, necessaries of life, [includes note: notify A.D. Parker, 20 Court St.] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1866, c.60, passed April 25, 1866