Petition of Joel Rogers

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208732 Date of creation: 1816-05-18 Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Joel Rogers Total signatures: 1.0 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: proprietors of Gayhead 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: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Gay head, northern meeting house, representative, moderator, clerk, agent, Thomas Cooper, Hebron Wamsley, Nathan Francis, Peter Tolman, Joel Rogers, Benjamin Mayhew, Simon Mayhew, Chilmark, Kilborn Whitman, William Bond, watchmaker, Boston, Nathaniel Mayhew, Jonathan Panue, Thaddeus Cooke, pasture, cows, clothing, harvest, Indian corn, Thomas Hazard, Indian guardians, Robert Hillman, fishery, grassy lands, Martha's Vineyard, soil, herbage, constitution, clay, sand, cliffs, porcelain and glass companies, accounts, expenses, William Mayhew, services, income, boundaries, repeal, law, [petitioning] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1816, Docket 8029