Petition of Abraham Cooper

Petition subject: Indian guardians Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148850 Date of creation: 1814-05-16 Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Abraham CooperJean CooperJohn DivineHannah DivineWilliam JohnsonSimon JohnsonMary PetersSherebiah HowwosweeBethiah JeffersPagay TocknutMay FrancisHebron WamsleySarah HortonJohn ColeAmos JeffersAlexander BrownThomas MorseRoday de Grass Actions taken on dates: 1814-06-07,1814-06-07 Legislative action: Report passed in the House on June 7, 1814 that the prayer should not be granted and sent for concurrence and received and concurred in the Senate on June 7, 1814 Total signatures: 63.0 Legislative action summary: Report, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 22 Males of color signatures: 33 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Native inhabitants of and owners of the tract of land called Gayhead, [males of color], [females of color], ["Gayhead Indians"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not 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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Gay Head, Dukes County, lands, state of bondage, laws, repeal, appointment Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1814, Docket 4838