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Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.185-Revolution Petitions, 1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Pemberton

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Title Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.185-Revolution Petitions, 1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Pemberton
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BZL6JR
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

Petition subject: Military service

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906057

Date of creation: 1779-06

Petition location: Jamaica Plain

Selected signatures:

  1. Benjamin Pemberton

Actions taken on dates: 1779-06

Legislative action: Received in the House in June 1779 and resolved

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Received, resolved

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

Female only signatures: No

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional archivist notes: Roxbury, Dedham, Battle of Lexington, gun, wood, barracks, Pierpont, Ruggles, Brewer, taxes

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 185, pages 195-196

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.


 
Subject Social Sciences
received
resolved
Manuscript
Benjamin Pemberton
No
1
1
 
Date 1779-06