Petition of John Allen

Petition subject: Court cases Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855741 Date of creation: 1662-05-07 Petition location: Dedham Selected signatures:John AllenRobert OnionPeter WoodwardHenry WilsonRobert MasonThomas Fisher Actions taken on dates: 1662-05-12 Legislative action: Granted on May 12, 1662 Total signatures: 4 Legislative action summary: Granted Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the inhabitants of Dedham whose names are heere unto subscribed Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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 archivist notes: request for another hearing regarding the land dispute with the Natick Indians, 1655, Boston, Natick, lands, county courts, trials, William Torrey, Edward Rawson Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 112