Petition of Isaiah N. Tobey

Petition subject: Indian resources Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481688 Date of creation: 1847-01-28 Petition location: Falmouth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas B. Lewis, Barnstable; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Isaiah N. TobeyDavid BourneGeorge EldridgeRowland Coleman Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 19, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 14.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14.0 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Mashpee, Barnstable county, fowling, seafowl, harbors, bay, ponds, rivers, Falmouth, fowl, boats, beaches, Waquoit Bay, law, prohibiting the chasing of seafowl in boats Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1847, Docket 12024