Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.169-Revolution Council Papers, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Thankful Perry

Petition subject: Permission to travel Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909090 Date of creation: 1778-10-26 Petition location: Sandwich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Thankful PerryLydia PerrySarah PerryMary EllisHannah BournPriscilla Blackwell Actions taken on dates: 1778-11-05,1778-11-05 Legislative action: Received in the Council on November 5, 1778 and read and committed and received in the Council on November 5, 1778 and ordered and granted Total signatures: 6 Legislative action summary: Received, read, committed, received, ordered, granted Female signatures: 6 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Experience Blackwell, two Indian maids, Rhode Island, Newport, Barnstable, Thomas Bourn Jr., committee of correspondence inspection and safety for the town of Sandwich Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 169, pages 257-259.5 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.