House Unpassed Legislation 1783, Docket 1191, SC1/series 230, Petition of Lydia Hawks

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935252 Date of creation: 1783-09 Petition location: Reading Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Lydia Hawks Legislative action: Lie for want of evidence and leave to withdraw Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Lie for want of evidence, leave to withdraw Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Henry, Ticonderoga, New York, freedom, estate, husband, Continental Army, Colonel Brooks, cripple, clothing, support Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1783, Docket 1191 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.