Passed Resolves; Resolves 1861, c.43, SC1/series 228, Petition of Polly Crowd

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455189">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455189</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1861-01 </p> <p>Petition location: [Cambridgeport?] </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Frederic Capen, Stoughton; committee on claims </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Polly Crowd</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-29,1861-01-30 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1861 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 30, 1861 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: a member of the Ponkapog tribe of Indians, [females of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Polly Croud, annuity, Ponkapoag tribe, Indian guardians </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1861, c.43, passed March 28, 1861 </p> <p>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.</p>