Passed Resolves; Resolves 1847, c.24, SC1/series 228, Petition of Leavitt Thaxter

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455092 Date of creation: 1847-02-20 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ezekiel Sawin, Bristol; committee on claims Selected signatures:Leavitt Thaxter Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-20,1847-02-20 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 20, 1847 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the House on February 20, 1847 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardian of the Indians and people of colour resident at Christiantown, ["guardian of the Christiantown Indians"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Charles W. James, New England Blind Asylum, New England Asylum for the Blind, whaling voyage, Christiantown, Christian town, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1847, c.24, passed March 20, 1847 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.