Petition of Susan Hector

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906110 Date of creation: 1868-02-04 Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Lucius W. Pond, Worcester; committee on claims Selected signatures:Susan Hector Actions taken on dates: 1868-02-20,1868-02-21 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 20, 1868 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the House on February 21, 1868 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: widow of John Hector, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc, Hassanamisco 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: Hassanamisco, Grafton, John Hecktor, John Hector, Susan Hecktor, Worcester county, oldest surviving member of the tribe, forty nine years, needy circumstances, appropriations, confined to her bed, comforts and necessities of life Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1868, committee on claims – leave to withdraw