DOI: 10.7910/dvn/r35s48
title: Petition of Timothy Woodbridge

description: &lt;p&gt;Petition subject: Education &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original: &lt;a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548076"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548076&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1753 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Stockbridge &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Timothy Woodbridge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stephen Nash&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Woodbridge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;David Pixley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Willard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joseph Barnard&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clark Pixley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Taylor&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Samuel Brown&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josiah Jones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Samuel Brown Jr.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonathan Devereux&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ben Kaukewenshnaunt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Pohpnekhannowuh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solomon Waunaumpkus&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peter Naunauhekunnuk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pohquunnuppeet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Neshoonuhhuk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Johoiakim Youkun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Paul Waumpeetkhawn&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Issac Wnaumpey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ebenezer Pohpoonuk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mohkauwauweet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tom Sherman&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;James Wohcoheekkomeek&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jacob Notokkaumun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wepukshoh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mautokgkaumun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jacob Naunauphtanky&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tauwaumpeh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Poopooten&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kauuhwaup&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Quansqueekheek&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aaron Wohwauwous&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;John Wauwaumpequunnaauit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jonas Etouwaukaum&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Johanni Mtohksin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jehoiakim Shawanun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Josiah Waumohhewy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hendrick Waupohqsset&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adam Waulaunkuhmeet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cornelious Nauwwokkeese&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Qunnaukaunt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;James Chenequun&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wossiauwaukeh&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hendrick Naumenokhunit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Jacob Wautaunkaumeet&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wauwohunmauwos&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Noah Khusquantaum&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Solomon Aumpaumit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stephen Sherman&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Handrick Waunaumpee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adam Naunaunekaunuck&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wonaumgos&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 55 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 55 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Identifications of signatories: the inhabitants of Stockbridge, [males of color] &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;Native American tribe: Stockbridge-Munsee &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: free boarding school, children, lands, wilderness, English settlements, Upper Housatonic, proprietors, John Sergeant, Martin Kellogg, schoolmaster, dieted, clothed, clothing, instruction, industry, town school, reading, literacy, progress, idle life, government, uncivil, mischievous, unruliness, disorder, Hollisian School, education, schools, minister, religious, Reverend Jonathan Edwards, response to report by Colonel Joseph Dwight and Captain John Ashley, management, Western tribes, female boarding school, buildings, chimera, Joseph Hawley, Boston, Great Barrington, Sheffield, Society for Propagation of the Gospel, Mohawk, Six Nations, Indian guardians, clergy, Captain Williams, John Konkapot, Spencer Phipps, includes note, transcript of letter to Isaac Hollis, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 299-310] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 32, pages 365-374 &lt;/p&gt;