Passed Resolves; Resolves 1784, c.91, SC1/series 228, Petition of Esther Freeborn

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455080">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455080</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1783-06-10 </p> <p>Petition location: Paxton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Esther Freeborn</li></ol> </p> <p>Legislative action: Committed </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Committed </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indian native of Grafton alias Hassanimischo in the county of Worcester, proprietor, [females of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Grafton, Hassanamisco, proprietors, Indian guardians, sale, lands, called the Indians Hundred Acres, Worcester county, deeds, family, small children, support, sickly husband, trustees, [includes certification of Edward Rawson, Willis Hall] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1784, c.91, passed November 11, 1784 </p> <p>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.</p>