Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.207-Revolution Resolves, 1775-1776. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Noah Clap

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906062">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906062</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1775-12-25 </p> <p>Petition location: Dorchester </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Noah Clap</li><li>L. Robinson</li><li>John Minott</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1776-01-02,1776-01-03,1776-01-17,1776-01-18 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on January 2, 1776 and read and ordered and committed and received in the House on January 3, 1776 and read and concurred and reported and received in the Council on January 17, 1776 and read and accepted and ordered to be dismissed and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 18, 1776 and read and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 4 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, committed, received, read, concurred, reported, received, read, accepted, ordered, dismissed, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: selectmen of the town Dorchester </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Cesar Augustus, soldier, mullatto man, Castle William, Boston, prison man of war, exchange of prisoners at Charlestown [part of legislative information is on page 398] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 207, pages 398-400 </p> <p>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.</p>