Petition of John Lake

Petition subject: King Philip's War Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:26855761 Date of creation: 1676-09-15 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:John Lake Actions taken on dates: 1676-09-15 Legislative action: Denied on September 15, 1676 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Denied Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Nipmuc 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. Additional archivist notes: suspension of the sentence, stay the execution of Sagamore Sam [alias Upchattuck alias Shoshanim alias Uskattuhgun -- from YIPP] [Samuel Nobbath?], may influence Indians holding his brother captive to release him, denied, Boston, prisoners of war, captivity, Thomas Lake, Edward Rawson Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 221b