Petition of Joseph Dunham

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208734 Date of creation: 1844-11-17 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Mayhew, Edgartown; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Joseph DunhamFrancis SmithJosiah PeaseRobert Norton Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 17.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: proprietors of land on the Island of Chappequiddic in the County of Dukes County, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Chappaquiddick 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: Chappaquiddick, lands, division line fence, fences, boundaries, repair, often broken down, cattle, expenses, support Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1845, Docket 1540