Petition of Walter Cooke

Petition subject: Regulation Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855784 Date of creation: 1685-05-25 Petition location: Mendon Selected signatures:Walter CookeJoseph WhiteJosiah ChapinEleazer Wheelock Total signatures: 21 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 21 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the inhabitants of Mendon, pore supplians Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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. Additional archivist notes: danger, drunkenness, heathen, religious, murderous attempts, restricted movement through the town, ban on arms, ammunition, firearms, weapons, entertainment, liquor, Boston, alcohol Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 304