Petition of Elizabeth Whipple to the Massachusetts General Court
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Humbly sheweth Elizabeth Whipple that by regular devise and descent she is entitled to five-fourteenth parts of a sum of money in the hands of the Trustees of the Hassanamisco Tribe of Indians, that the said Tribe held their shares, both of land and money, in the hands of said Trustees in several shares, which shares have always descended to the heirs of the particular owners thereof according to the law of this State regarding the descent of real estate,1 that the said Tribe is now almost or entirely extinct,2 and that the said Trustees have for a number of years held the said five-fourteenth parts, which your petitioner claims without paying the annual interest to any person or to the Commonwealth. Wherefore, your petitioner prays that the said five-fourteenth parts, which lately belonged to Abigail Printer, deceased, and that if the same is found legally to belong to your petitioner that they may be ordered to pay the same accordingly.
And as in duty bound will ever pray,
Elizabeth Whipple by Edward Bangs, her Attorney
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Legislative Action: |
Petition of Elizabeth Whipple. In the House of Representatives, June 18, 1811. Read and committed to Mr. Howe of Sutton, Mr. Speen, Mr. Wilder of Lancaster, who are authorized to sit during the recess / Accepted |