DOI: 10.7910/dvn/hwmili
title: Petition of Zaccheus Howwoswee

description: &lt;p&gt;Petition subject: Temperance &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original: &lt;a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448107"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448107&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1838-02-10 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Gayhead &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John W. Brown, Lynn; several names from a committee &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zaccheus Howwoswee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Simon Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Michael Madison&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hebron Wamsley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amos Jeffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Johnson Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tristram Weeks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Henry Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Salisbury&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coombs Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aaron Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Jeffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thomas Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Alexander Brown&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;William Weeks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jeremiah Weeks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;James Jared&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abraham Jared&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joel Jared&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patrick Divine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;William Mingo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joanna Mingo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patience Mingo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Esther Howwoswee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amy Wamsley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Abiah Salisbury?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Parnal Devine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eliza Lewis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Huldah Bassett&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dorcas Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lucy Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Diadama Madison&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Abiah Mannings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Susan Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Phebe Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Weeks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Priscilla Rowse?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elizabeth Howwoswee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jane Francis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Louiza David&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sarah Jeffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jane Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary James&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sophia Belain&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lucinda Cooper&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mary Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hannah Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patience Gershom&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adaline Salisbury&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jane Wamsley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Harriet Wamsley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Julia Jeffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Olive Mingo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lydia Jeffers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Betsy Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[Josiah Jared?]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Eleanor Peters&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Actions taken on dates: 1838-02-19 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action: Received in the House on February 19, 1838 and referred to a committee &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 57.0 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legislative action summary: Received, referred &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Females of color signatures: 36.0 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Males of color signatures: 21.0 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Identifications of signatories: Indians and people of colour of Gayhead in Dukes County, [males of color], [females of color], ["Indians of Gayhead"] &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: column separated &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Native American tribe: Gayhead &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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional archivist notes: Gayhead, Gay head, ardent spirits, alcohol, liquor, untimely end, poverty, drunkness, dissolute habits, paupers, support, prevent, sale, inhabitants, nonresidents, laws, search on suspicion, vote, meeting &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1838, c.101, passed April 12, 1838 &lt;/p&gt;