Council; Council Files September 6, 1858, GC3/series 378, Petition of Robert Morris

<p>Petition subject: Military companies </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208726">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208726</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1858-08-19 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Robert Morris</li><li>B.C. Gregory</li><li>John V. DeGrasse</li><li>Joseph H. Turpin</li><li>Thomas G. Williams</li><li>Joseph Holmes</li><li>Joseph B. Morris</li><li>Charles P. Morris</li><li>John Oliver</li><li>W. Drew Curtis</li><li>John W. Rolling</li><li>Mark R. De Mortie</li><li>Richard Smith</li><li>B.J. Dutton</li><li>D.M. Robbins</li><li>John W. Pierce</li><li>Joseph F. Clark</li><li>John E. Freeman</li><li>William Gardner</li><li>James D. Ruffin</li><li>G.L. Rhods</li><li>[J. Pierson?]</li><li>J.L. Marshall</li><li>[W. Henry ?]</li><li>A.G. Howard</li><li>Robert C. Davis</li><li>Jonas W. Clark</li><li>Henry P. Lewis</li><li>Theodore Mundrucu</li><li>Charles Cook</li><li>Abram W. Roper</li><li>Charles L. Mitchell</li><li>Aug Henry</li><li>Henry Harris</li><li>John E. Robinson</li><li>Charles H. Greeland</li><li>William Simpson</li><li>Daniel Walker</li><li>Daniel Stewart</li><li>William Dunn</li><li>William Jackson</li><li>[William Anderson?]</li><li>William H. Bobau</li><li>J.W. Lewis</li><li>E.W. Bannister</li><li>[Henry P. Hilton?]</li><li>John F. Johnston</li><li>James Hazard Jr.</li><li>Edwin Walker</li><li>Henry Booth</li><li>James Henry</li><li>Thomas M. Cheaser</li><li>America Tabb</li><li>Alfred N. Gale</li><li>Thomas Miller</li><li>Francis Gray</li><li>J.T. Brown</li><li>R.H. Smith</li><li>David Easton</li><li>George Boardwine</li><li>Robert Wilson</li><li>Charles Henson</li><li>Alexander Robert</li><li>Fleming Johnson</li><li>George Collins</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 65 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 65 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [males of color], ["others"] </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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Massasoit Guards </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, September 6, 1858 </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>