Unpassed Legislation Relating to Indian Affairs; House Unpassed Legislation 1796, Docket 4537, SC1/series 592x, Petition of Benjamin Heywood

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208731">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208731</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Worcester </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Heywood</li><li>Isaac Harrington</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: trustees of the Hassanamisco alias Grafton Indians </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Fortune Burnee, Abigail Anthony, Abigail Printer, Fortune Burnee Jr., marriage, Joseph Anthony, David Abraham, heirs, Benjamin Wiser, Joseph Prentice, minor, Shelomith Stow, Shilomith Stow, Indian guardians, military service, estate, deeds, will, Revolutionary War, desertion, went to sea, judge, probate, lands, sale, citizen, resolve, answers, questions </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1796, Docket 4537 </p> <p>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.</p>