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Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.173-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1775-1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Jonathan Capen

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Title Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.173-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1775-1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Jonathan Capen
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2YSCXG
 
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Petition subject: Military service

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906046

Date of creation: 17760000

Petition location: Stoughton

Selected signatures:

  1. Jonathan Capen

Actions taken on dates: 1776-12-06

Legislative action: Received in the Council on December 6, 1776 and ordered and permitted

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Received, ordered, permitted

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: guardian of the Punkapog tribe of Indians

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: Isaac Williams, molatto, deserter, gaol, Ponkapoag tribe

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 173, page 56

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.
 
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Contributor Griffin, Garth