Petition of William Wannuckhow

<p>Petition subject: Imprisonment </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855760">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855760</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1676-09-05 </p> <p>Petition location: [Boston] </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Wannuckhow</li><li>Joseph Wannuckhow</li><li>John Appamatakqueen</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 3 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 3 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: all prisoners at the barr, [males 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>Native American tribe: Nipmuc </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> <p>Additional archivist notes: John Appamatahqeen, John Appamatahqueen, John Appamatakqeen, innocence in murder of Thomas Eames' family at Natick, families, Goodman Eames, saved life of one Eames boy by carrying him on their backs, pardon, promise of life and liberty to enemies who submitted, Boston, Hopkinton, murder, imprisonment, jail, Moguncog Indians, Magunquog, corn, King Philip's War, Captain Tom, James Printer, Thomas Prentiss, [Thomas Prentice?], Netus, Joseph Jackstraw, William Jackstraw, Captain James Prentice, James Prentiss, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 210a-212a] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, pages 216-217 </p>