Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.186-Revolution Petitions, 1779-1780. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Thomas Child

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906058">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906058</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1779 </p> <p>Petition location: Falmouth </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on petitions for the sale of lands </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Thomas Child</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1779-11-27,1779-11-29 </p> <p>Legislative action: Read and committed to the committee on petitions for the sale of lands on November 27, 1779 and order to lie on November 29, 1779 </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Read, committed, tabeled </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </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: Cumberland, Francis Waldo, absentee, Lincoln </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 186, pages 13-14 </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>