Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.9-Domestic Relations, 1643-1774. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Lucy Foster

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13908975 Date of creation: 1755-12-18 Petition location: Lunenburg Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Spencer Phips Esq., Lieutenant Governor of the Massachusetts Province and to the Honorable the Council for said Province Selected signatures:Lucy Foster Actions taken on dates: 1755-12-18,1755-12-19 Legislative action: Received in the Council on December 18, 1755 and read and ordered that the petitioner serve the within named Benjamin Foster with a copy of this petition that he shew cause if any he have on the first Wednesday of next sitting of this court why the prayer thereof should not be granted and sent for concurrence and received in the House on December 19, 1855 and read and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Lucy Stiles, Lucy Miles, Benjamin Foster Jr., molatto girl, Benjamin Brook, Benjamin Brooks of Townsend, Connecticut, Lebanon, singleman, Sarah French, divorce, [postal, postage, mail?] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 9, pages 393-394 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.