Petition of Ann Coshommon

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548338 Date of creation: 1775-12-25 Petition location: [Dartmouth?] Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Ann CoshommonBenjamin Obediah Actions taken on dates: 1776-02-05,1776-02-06,1776-02-09 Legislative action: Received and read and committed in the Council on February 5, 1776 and received and granted in the Council on February 6, 1776 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the House on February 9, 1776 Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, read, committed, received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian woman of Chilmark in Dukes County, of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol Indian man Labourer, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: John Quanimon, John Quannimon, laborer, lands, sale, Dartmouth, followed the seas for support, whale voyage, whaling, maritime, clothing, William Tallman, Jabez Barker Jr., selectmen, Walter Spooner, deeds, Perez Morton, James Warren, Eldad Taylor, Benjamin Lincoln, includes affidavits, certifications Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 144, pages 344-346