Petition of Mary Obsco

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548359 Date of creation: 1783-06-06 Petition location: Natick Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Freeman Selected signatures:Mary Obsco Actions taken on dates: 1783-06-26,1783-09-30 Legislative action: Committed and received and granted in the Senate on June 26, 1783 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the House on September 30, 1783 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed, received, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Females of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: Natick Indian woman, [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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 archivist notes: Jonas Obsco, Indian planter, Jonas Obscow, Mary Obscow, proprietors, sickness, broken bones, medical, doctors, nursing, sale, lands, debts, deeds, John Hancock, Tristram Dalton, Samuel Adams, Josiah Stone, Eleazar Kingsbury, Joseph Twitchell, Indian guardians, includes affidavits, certifications Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 144, pages 507-508