Petition of Gilbert Walker

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481291 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Albert Tolman, Worcester; committee on finance Selected signatures:Gilbert WalkerSarah B. Walker Actions taken on dates: 1859-01-26 Legislative action: Received on January 26, 1859 and referred to the committee on finance Total signatures: 2.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Females of color signatures: 1.0 Males of color signatures: 1.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated 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: Worcester county, Indian guardians, Sarah Phillips Walker, Sarah Boston Walker, Benjamin Phillips (maternal uncle of Sarah), Hassanamisco, Grafton, destitution, feeble health, clothing, board, attend, principal families, funeral expenses, judge of probate, child and ward of the Commonwealth, fund, allowance, [includes certification, certificates from neighbors and trustee of tribe, Charles Brigham, Isaac Bartlett, Susan Bailey, O.A. Kelley, P.C. Knight, J.D. Rawson, William Knight Jr.], [many other documents in folder, including "Abstract of the Records of the Proceedings of the Trustees for the Indians of Hassanamiscoe" with information on individuals dating back to 1720s and receipts for Benjamin's death] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1859, c.88, passed April 6, 1859