Petition of Zachariah Howwoswee

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208697 Date of creation: 1811-05 Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Simon Mayhew, Chilmark; several names from a committee Selected signatures:Zachariah HowwosweeSarah HowwosweeMargaret DavidSimon PanueDorcas PanueJuditte PomitAbigail FrancesPeter Tolmon Actions taken on dates: 1811-06-14,1811-06-15 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on June 14, 1811 and read and committed and sent for concurrence and received in the House on June 15, 1811 and read and concurred Total signatures: 10.0 Legislative action summary: Received, read, committed, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 7 Males of color signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the few remaining Indians of Gayhead, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Gayhead 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: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Gay head, rights, appointment, land, in common, support, poor Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1811, c.78, passed June 25, 1811