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Petition subject: Military service

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909110

Date of creation: 1778-01

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

Selected signatures:

1. Henry Alexander

Actions taken on dates: 1778-01-21

Legislative action: Committed on January 21, 1778 and leave to withdraw

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Committed, leave to withdraw

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

Female only signatures: No

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: Lieutenant, Rhode Island, Colonel Sherburne regiment, bounty, [list of soliders, including Prince Brown]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 183, pages 328-328a

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.