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Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.237-Revolution Resolves, 1782. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Fogg

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Title Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.237-Revolution Resolves, 1782. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Fogg
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6RHHPW
 
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:13909141

Date of creation: 1782-09-20

Petition location: Boston

Selected signatures:

  1. John Fogg
  2. Daniel Ginnings
  3. Eliah Royall
  4. Ceasar Prescot
  5. Cesar Blake
  6. Primus Osgood
  7. Solomon Whitney
  8. Jesse Cowit
  9. Peter Keter
  10. David Downing

Total signatures: 36

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 36

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: rejected troops, [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: Captain Amos Lincoln, wages, enlistment, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 523-525]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 237, pages 526-526a

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
Manuscript
Ceasar Prescot
Cesar Blake
Daniel Ginnings
David Downing
Eliah Royall
Jesse Cowit
John Fogg
Peter Keter
Primus Osgood
Solomon Whitney
males of color
rejected troops
No
36
36
 
Date 1782-09-20