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Petition subject: Support for individuals

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906072

Date of creation: 17800000

Petition location: Grafton

Selected signatures:

1. Andrew Adams
2. Moses Harrington
3. Benjamin Goddard
4. George Gire

Actions taken on dates: 1780-03-25,1780-03-25

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 25, 1780 and resolved and granted and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on March 25, 1780 and read and concurred and consented to

Total signatures: 6

Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, granted, sent, received, read, concurred, consented

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5

Males of color signatures: 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: selectmen of the town of Grafton, [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: French War, French and Indian War, George Gair, military service, veteran, [Hassanamisco]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 226, pages 378-379

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.