Passed Resolves; Resolves 1783, c.70, SC1/series 228, Petition of Nathaniel Heard Jr.

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455157 Date of creation: 1783-02 Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Nathaniel Heard Jr.Thomas JonesNathaniel Farley Jr.Primus Story Legislative action: Committed and order for Captain Gould to appear on 2nd Wednesday next session Total signatures: 34 Legislative action summary: Committed, order Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 34 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: subscribers who were faithful soldiers, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: request for pay, money, soldiers in the year 1780, three months service, payments, wages, poll tax, taxation, military service, Captain Benjamin Gould, [includes additional documents, correspondence from Benjamin Gould] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1783, c.70, passed July 3, 1783 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.