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Petition subject: Military service

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909109

Date of creation: 1777-09-29

Petition location: Medford

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. Benjamin Hall
2. Stephen Hall
3. Richard Hall

Actions taken on dates: 1777-10-10

Legislative action: Committed on October 10, 1777

Total signatures: 3

Legislative action summary: Committed

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: selectmen of Medford

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: quota, enlistment, Charlestown, bounty, carpenters

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 183, pages 182-183

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.