Petition of George J. Belain

Petition subject: Education funds Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448092 Date of creation: 1867-01-31 Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Davis, Edgartown; committee on claims Selected signatures:George J. BelainZaccheus CooperAaron CooperGeorge CooperSamuel PetersPatrick Devine Actions taken on dates: 1867-02-14,1867-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 14, 1867 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 15, 1867 and concurred Total signatures: 6.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 6.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indians and people of color, residents of Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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: annual sum, schools, continue appropriation, John Mayhew Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1867, c.10, passed March 16, 1867