Petition of Rebecca Davis to the Massachusetts General Court

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court Assembled

Respectfully represents Rebecca Davis of Boston in the County of Suffolk, that she is a member of the Ponkapog Tribe of Indians, that she is over eighty years of age and unable to support herself without a continuance of the aid heretofore granted to her by the Commonwealth.  She, therefore, prays that the sum heretofore granted may be renewed and allowed for the ensuing year.                                                                                     

Rebecca Davis, her mark                                                                                       
52 Garden St., Boston, June 3, 1870

Legislative Action:

Refer to Charles Endicott, Esq., Canton, Massachusetts or Paul Adams, Esq., 38 School St., Boston / Petition of Rebecca Davis of Boston of the Ponkapog Tribe of Indians for continuance of State aid.  Mr. B. Griffith of Carver.  House of Representatives, February 1, 1870. Referred to the Committee on Claims.  Sent up for concurrence, W. S. Robinson, Clerk.  Senate, February 2, 1870.  Concurred, S. N. Gifford, Clerk

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