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Petition subject: Support for individuals

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909008

Date of creation: 1759-01-20

Petition location: Malden

Selected signatures:

1. Edward Wait
2. Samuel Green
3. Edward Sprague

Actions taken on dates: 1759-03-16

Legislative action: Committed and reported on March 16, 1759

Total signatures: 5

Legislative action summary: Committed, reported

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

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: selectmen of the town of Maulden

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: three Indian women, [difficulty reading legislative information]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 77-79

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.