Petition of Thomas Nickels

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548475 Date of creation: 1778-03-09 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on petitions for sale of lands Selected signatures:Thomas NickelsPatience Nickels Actions taken on dates: 1778-04-11,1778-04-23,1778-04-23 Legislative action: Received and committed on April 11, 1778 and received and granted in the House on April 23, 1778 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on April 23, 1778 Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, committed, received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: labourer, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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: Thomas Nichols, Patience Nichols, Hassanamisco, lands, Hezekiah Taylor, New Grafton, New Hampshire, sale, buildings, improvements, deeds, Indian guardians, Edward Rawson, Willis Hall, wife, John Pitts, John Avery, includes affidavits, certifications Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 218, pages 219-220