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Petition subject: Military service

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148832

Date of creation: 1794-01-20

Petition location: Sharon

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

Selected signatures:

1. Joseph Hewin

Actions taken on dates: 1794-02

Legislative action: Referred to a committee in February 1794

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Referred

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

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: Subscriber in behalf of the town of Sharon

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Additional archivist notes: Cato Johnson, Continental Army, cripple, support, selectmen, accounts, allowance

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1794, Docket 1874

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.