Petition of John Capen Sr.

<p>Petition subject: King Philip's War </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855756">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855756</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1676-03-23 </p> <p>Petition location: Dorchester </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Capen Sr.</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1676-03-23 </p> <p>Legislative action: Granted on March 23, 1676 </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Granted </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: the committee of militia, and selectmen of the towne of Dorchester, in the name and by the appointment of the rest of the committee and the rest of the selectmen </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>Native American tribe: Nipmuc </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> <p>Additional archivist notes: request that Indians living with families be removed from the town, Boston's request for the same, removal, Boston, selectmen, armed forces, Edward Rawson </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 198b </p>