Resolution on the Petition of Doctor Philemon Tracy Seeking Compensation for Services Provided a Member of the Eastern Pequot Tribe
Upon the petition of Philemon Tracy of Norwich in New London County, praying that his bill for medicines and medical services rendered to John Miller, an Indian of the Pequot or Stonington1 Tribe, may be paid out of the treasury of this state, as per petition on file, brought to this Assembly at their present session, dated May 2nd 1825.
Resolved by this assembly that said petition be granted in part and that the comptroller of public accounts,2 be and he is hereby directed to draw an order on the treasurer of this state3 in favor of Doctor Philemon Tracy of Norwich for the sum of fifty-five dollars4 in full of his bill for medicine and medical aid furnished by him to John Miller (now deceased), an Indian of the Pequot or Stonington5 Tribe.
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Legislative Action: |
Resolve de Doctor Tracy’s claim against the state for medical aid to a Pequot Indian, May 1825 / In Senate, June 1825, Not Passed, Samuel H. Huntington, Clerk |
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Cataloguing: |
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- 1. The qualifier North, as in North Stonington, was crossed out in the original.
- 2. Hartford's James Thomas served as the Comptroller for the State of Connecticut from 1819-1830. Connecticut State Comptrollers, Wikipedia.
- 3. Isaac Spencer served as the Treasurer of the State of Connecticut from 1818 to 1835. Connecticut State Treasurers, https://ott.ct.gov/about_Past_Treasurers.html.
- 4. The sum of seventy-six dollars and fifty cents was crossed out in the original.
- 5. The qualifier North, as in North Stonington, was crossed out in the original.