Petition of Philip Metack

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906004">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906004</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1758-12-29 </p> <p>Petition location: Martha's Vineyard </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Philip Metack</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1759-01-18,1759-01-18 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 18, 1759 and read and resolved and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on January 18, 1759 and read and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, resolved, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: an Indian man of Martha's Vineyard, [males of color] </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>Native American tribe: Gayhead </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> <p>Additional archivist notes: Captain Engersole, Captain Joseph Ingersoll, Fort William Henry, Lake George, French and Indian, Colonel Monro, captivity, captive, Oswegocha, [Oswegatchie?], Fort Stanwix, Mount Johnson, Albany, [Roxbury?], Joseph Ruggles, [dates and legislative information not definite, document damaged] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 73-74 </p>