Petition of Matthew Rice

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855775 Date of creation: 1684-10-15 Petition location: Sudbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee Selected signatures:Matthew Rice Actions taken on dates: 1684-10-24,1684-10-28,1684-10-30 Legislative action: Committed on October 24, 1684 and reported on October 28, 1684 and consented on October 30, 1684 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed, reported, consented Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: dwelling a little without the southern bounds of Sudbury Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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 archivist notes: confirmation of 300 acres of land purchased from Natick Indians, Boston, Dedham, Natick, Sudbury, Watertown, proprietors, lands, sale, Thomas Tray, Simon Stone, Nathaniel Stearns, Andrew Pityme, Andrew Pittimee, Samuel Nowell, John Haynes, John Grout, Daniel Gookin, Thomas Danforth, Old John Awansamaug, Old John Awassamaug, Old John Awassamug, Samuel Sewall, Edward Rawson, Joseph Cook, [additional documents in volumes, see page 279a] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 279b