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Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.183-Revolution Petitions, 1777-1778. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Hall

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Title Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.183-Revolution Petitions, 1777-1778. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Hall
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8U66N
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

Petition: 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

Top signatures:

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

Actions taken on dates: 1777-10-10

Legislative action: Committe
d on October 10, 1777

Total signatures: 3

Legislative action summary: Committed

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

Identifications of signatories: selectmen of Medford

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Acknowledge
ments: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard U
niversity, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.
 
Subject committed
Manuscript
Several names from a committee
Benjamin Hall
Richard Hall
Stephen Hall
selectmen of Medford
3
3
 
Date 1777-09-29