Petition of Thomas Jernegan

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448117 Date of creation: 1815-05-18 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Thomas JerneganBenjamin PeaseEphraim MarchantHenry FisherDeborah Marchant Actions taken on dates: 1815-06-10 Legislative action: Committed and referred on June 10, 1815 Total signatures: 30.0 Legislative action summary: Committed, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 28 Female signatures: 1.0 Unidentified signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: proprietors of lands situate on the island of Chappaquiddick, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Chappaquiddick 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: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [female attorney, woman attorney Hannah Dagget signed for Jethro Dagget], Dukes county, wood, fences, suits, trespasses [with certification from the Indian guardians Samuel Smith and Elijah Stewart that they have no doubt of the trespasses complained of and believe the legislature should interfere to prevent the evils] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1815, Docket 7883