Petition of Nathan Pocknet

Petition subject: Concerning property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208741 Date of creation: 1837-01-28 Petition location: Mashpee Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Elijah Swift, Falmouth; Cotuit, Ms.; several names from a committee Selected signatures:Nathan PocknetJesse WepquishWilliam AmosIsaac SimonDavid WilburNicholas PocknetAbraham JacksonJuba SeversJames LewisJames Lewis Jr.Daniel PocknetAaron KeeterJoseph Gardner Jr.Isaac WickhamsCharles DegrasseJohn HazardGideon NatompomJames Williams Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-17,1837-02-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 17, 1837 and referred to a committee and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 17, 1837 and concurred Total signatures: 18 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 18 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: signers, proprietors, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: Mashpee, suffering among the poor, neglect, shameful, condition, clothes, provisions, meadows, lands, fences, cattle, hay, wasted, proprietors, commons, occupied by selectmen, wood, property, taken away, deprived, towns poor, hired out, income, no public advantage, Herring River, no public profit, fish to spoil, market, spending much money in law suits, standing lawyer, law, fire wood, lumber, wood carters, nothing gets into treasury, money, Indian guardians, [\"…your honours have been told a great many fine stories, but we wish to set things right, and to make our complaint concernsing the Marshpee affairs.\"], [\"It used to be said we were oppressed, some of used to think so, but it is a sorrowful truth, things are worse than ever and we have never known wat hardship is till now...\"], [includes notes next to signatures, marks, whether signatures on previous petitions, petitioning] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1837, Docket 10176请愿主题：关于财产相关事项 原始链接：http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208741 创建日期：1837年1月28日 请愿地点：马什皮（Mashpee） 请愿递交对象：埃利亚贾·斯威夫特、法尔茅斯、科图伊特（马萨诸塞州）；以及某委员会的多位成员 精选签名者：内森·波克内特、杰西·韦普维什、威廉·阿莫斯、艾萨克·西蒙、大卫·威尔伯、尼古拉斯·波克内特、亚伯拉罕·杰克逊、朱巴·西弗斯、詹姆斯·刘易斯、小詹姆斯·刘易斯、丹尼尔·波克内特、亚伦·基特、小约瑟夫·加德纳、艾萨克·威克汉姆斯、查尔斯·德格拉斯、约翰·黑泽尔、吉迪恩·纳通普姆、詹姆斯·威廉姆斯 处理日期：1837年2月17日、1837年2月17日 立法举措：1837年2月17日由众议院接收并移交至某委员会，提请参议院审议；同日参议院完成接收并通过审议 总签名数：18 立法流程摘要：接收、移交、提请审议、接收、通过 有色男性签名者：18人 仅女性签名者：无 签名者身份标注：签名人、土地所有者、[有色男性]、[其他群体] 请愿书文本格式：手稿版（非印刷版） 签名栏排版格式：无分栏设计 原住民部落：马什皮族（Mashpee） 鸣谢：本项目受美国国家人文基金会（National Endowment for the Humanities，PW-5105612）、马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆、哈佛大学拉德克利夫高级研究院、哈佛大学美国政治研究中心、哈佛大学机构发展倡议项目及哈佛大学图书馆支持 档案附加说明：馆内另有非本请愿相关的其他文档，可对外获取 档案管理员补充备注：马什皮地区民众深陷贫困、忽视与不公境遇，涉及衣物、口粮、草场、土地、围栏、牲畜、干草、闲置资源、所有者权益、公共用地、被镇民委员会占用的木材、被侵占的财产、被剥夺的各项权利、城镇救济、雇工收入、无公共收益、赫林河（Herring River）无公共效益、鱼类滞销、大量资金耗费于诉讼、常设法律顾问、法律纠纷、柴火、木材、运木车、未纳入国库的资金、印第安人监护人；"阁下们此前听闻诸多不实说辞，然我方旨在澄清事实，控诉马什皮相关事宜。"；"曾有言论称我们遭受压迫，部分人也曾有此体感，但真相令人痛心：如今境况愈发恶劣，我们直至今日方才知晓何为艰辛……"；[签名旁附有备注、标记，涵盖是否参与过往请愿、本次请愿相关说明] 馆藏地点：本请愿书现藏于马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆，归类为1837年参议院未通过法案卷宗，案卷号10176