Petition of John Hecktor

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448072 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: [Worcester?] Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Souther, Worcester; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:John Hecktor Actions taken on dates: 1863-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1863 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Males of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a member of the Hassanamisco tribe of Indians, legal heir of Moses Gimby, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: John Hector, Indian guardians, Moses Gimbee, lands, Hassanamisco tribe, Colonel Charles Brigham, Connecticut River, Winchester, New Hampshire, Grafton, poor and needy, reclaim and take possession, sale, maintenance, and subsistence Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1863, c.39, passed March 28, 1863