Petition of Zerviah Gould Mitchell

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208725 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: North Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on accounts Selected signatures:Zerviah Gould Mitchell Actions taken on dates: 1856-04-15 Legislative action: Received in the Council on April 15, 1856 and referred to the committee on accounts Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: widow, Indian, daughter and only living descendant of Phebe Gould, the wife of Brister Gould and daughter of Lydia Squinn, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Troy/Fall River 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: by Thornton K. Lothrop, her attorney, Zerviah Gould Mitchell, daughter and only living descendant of Phebe Gould, wife of Brister Gould, daughter of Lydia Squinn, Benjamin Squmnamay, Benjamin Squamnaway, lands, Indian Town, Fall River, right, title, interest, Benjamin F. Winslow, guardian of the Troy Indians, Indian agent, Zebedee Terry, 1763, plan, wood, sale, accounts, payments, redress, application, John S. Brayton, examination, litigation, courts, remedy, books and papers, access, wrong and injury, removal, [many additional documents, including a map of lot ownership, testimonies from several persons, and a lengthy outline of arguments for the petitions] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, February 5, 1857, Case of Zerviah Gould Mitchell