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Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.175-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Fisher

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Title Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.175-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Fisher
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/45OTL
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

Petition subject: Military service

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906048

Date of creation: 1779-02-20

Petition location: Providence

Selected signatures:

  1. William Fisher
  2. William Frankland
  3. Joseph Grover
  4. Robert Witherton
  5. Phillip Atherton
  6. Monday Hecter
  7. Cezer Morey

Actions taken on dates: 1779-02-24

Legislative action: Received in the Council on February 24, 1779 and ordered and granted

Total signatures: 8

Legislative action summary: Received, ordered, granted

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 8

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: Captain Moses Knap, blankets, Monday Hector, Caesar Morey, Casar Morey

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 175, pages 173b-173c

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.
 
Subject Social Sciences
granted
ordered
received
Manuscript
Cezer Morey
Joseph Grover
Monday Hecter
Phillip Atherton
Robert Witherton
William Fisher
William Frankland
males of color
No
8
8
 
Date 1779-02-20