Passed Resolves; Resolves 1864, c.42, SC1/series 228, Petition of Barnard C. Marchant

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455153 Date of creation: 1864-03-01 Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William H. Sturtevant, Tisbury; committee on claims Selected signatures:Barnard C. Marchant Actions taken on dates: 1864-03-04,1864-03-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 4, 1864 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 8, 1864 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardian of the Indians and people of color resident at Chappequiddic and Christiantown in Dukes County, ["guardian of the Chappaquiddic & Christiantown Indians"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Christiantown Indians, Christian town, Chappaquiddick, Asa Peters, six young children, Holmes Hole, Tisbury, Indian guardians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1864, c.42, passed March 26, 1864 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.