DOI: 10.7910/dvn/z79iy6
title: Petition of Joseph Panue

description: &lt;p&gt;Petition subject: Indian guardians &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original: &lt;a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548177"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548177&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1759-02-21 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Gay Head &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Panue&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Laban Hosswit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonathan Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silis Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jude Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Cupper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Pyne&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Samuel Frances&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Isaac Hoswueit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zacharih Hosswitt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Silis Jonson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zachary Hossveit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pilot Souwamog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;James Tallman&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph David&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Tohqun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jeremiah Soowamog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solomon Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Ohkoh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Ohkoh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eles Henry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eles Henry Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Papne Amog&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Paul&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ezther Henry&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Battey Eken&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Quons&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marcy Job&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Marcy Job Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Old Rachan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Markit Catoote&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Buttiah Tohqun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jude Tohaun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abegall Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Naomi Joel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ezther Pomit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action: Committed &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 37 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action summary: Committed &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Females of color signatures: 12 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Males of color signatures: 23 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Unidentified signatures: 2 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Identifications of signatories: the Indian Inhabitants of Gayhead on Marthas Vineyard, [males of color], [females of color], ["Indians at Martha's Vineyard"] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Prayer format was &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing"&gt;printed&lt;/a&gt; vs. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript"&gt;manuscript&lt;/a&gt;: Manuscript &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Signatory column format: not column separated &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Native American tribe: Aquinnah &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional archivist notes: Indian guardians, appointments, orations, business, travel, Timothy Mayhew, Edgartown, Matthew Mayhew, Joshua Hersey, Abishai Folger &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 86-86a &lt;/p&gt;