Petition of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for the Town of Tisbury to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives

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Summary: 
A declaration of support for the petition of Priscilla Freeman and her request for financial assistance in the care of her mother, Jemima Easton
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Tisbury, Massachusetts

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Community: 
Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Deep Bottom
Protocol: 
Deep Bottom Public
Category: 
Work, Poverty, & Economy, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
Keywords: 
Massachusetts Collection, Massachusetts General Court, Massachusetts Phase 1, Petitions, Law, Accounting/Finance, Disease/Illness, Family, Pensions, Poor Relief, Women, Selectmen
Original Date: 
1863 May 10th
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Source: 
Massachusetts Archives, Resolves 1863, c.16, passed February 21, 1863
Identifier: 
1863.01.00.01
Subject: 
Deep Bottom