Passed Resolves; Resolves 1865, c.31, SC1/series 228, Petition of Samuel C. Ciscoe

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455168 Date of creation: 1865-02 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Stephen R. White, Grafton; committee on claims Selected signatures:Samuel C. CiscoeSarah M. CiscoeWilliam ClintonP. Phidelia Clinton Actions taken on dates: 1865-02-09,1865-02-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1865 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 10, 1865 and concurred Total signatures: 4 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 2 Males of color signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a small remnant of the ancient and powerful Hassanamisco Indians, [males of color], [females of color], [\"others of the Hassanamisco Indians\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: funds, repair, dwelling, Worcester county, 1725, sale, lands, trustees, Indian guardians, John Milton Earle Report 1861, Samuel C. Cisco, Sarah M. Cisco, [\"We are few, poor, weak dispised and trodden in the dust. We shall soon become extinct, and even now the graves of our ancesters are not to be found. Our money is lost not by our means or agency but by irresponsible trustees appointed by the state.\"] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1865, c.31, passed April 4, 1865 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.