Petition of Thomas Awansamug

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855968">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855968</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1749-12-05 </p> <p>Petition location: Natick </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Thomas Awansamug</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1750-01-12,1750-01-12 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received and read and granted in the House on January 12, 1750 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on January 12, 1750 </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: [males 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>Native American tribe: Nipmuc </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> <p>Additional archivist notes: Thomas Awassamug, sale, to sell lands, support, families, Indian guardians, military service, soldiers, veterans, Josiah Willard, Joseph Richards, Spencer Phipps, Joseph Dwight, Samuel Danforth, includes affidavits, certifications </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 31, pages 663-663b </p>