Passed Resolves; Resolves 1785, c.36, SC1/series 228, Petition of Joseph Aaron

<p>Petition subject: Indian guardians </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448016">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448016</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1785-06-10 </p> <p>Petition location: Grafton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Joseph Aaron</li><li>Sarah Burnee</li><li>Forten Burnee</li><li>Elletheer Samson</li><li>Ceser Gimbee</li><li>Submitt Worcemugg</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 6 </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 3 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 3 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Indians of Hassanimisco alias Grafton, [males of color], [females of color], ["Grafton Indians"] </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>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Fortune Burnee, Caesar Gimbee, Ceasar Gimbee, Submit Worcemugg, Hassanamisco tribe, trustees, sale, lands, interest </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1785, c.36, passed November 5, 1785 </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>