Petition of Zachariah Howwoswee

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909071 Date of creation: 1776-04 Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Zachariah HowwosweeThomas CooperJoseph JoelJonathan SlocumJoel RogersThomas FrancisElizabeth PanueAbgieal Pomit Actions taken on dates: 1776-04-08,1776-04-12,1776-04-15,1776-04-17 Legislative action: Received in the Council on April 8, 1776 and read and committed and sent for concurrence and received in the House on April 12, 1776 and read and concurred and reported and received in the Council on April 15, 1776 and read and accepted and sent for concurrence and received in the House on April 17, 1776 and read and concurred Total signatures: 37 Legislative action summary: Received, read, committed, sent, received, read, concurred, reported, received, read, accepted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 16 Males of color signatures: 21 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Indian proprietors of Gayhead in Dukes county, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated Native American tribe: Gayhead 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 archivist notes: Gay head, Elisha Amos, Tisbury, lands, house, guardians, Henry Amos, Joseph Amos, Israel Amos Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 144, pages 347-350