Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.175-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Abraham Whipple

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909100">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909100</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1779-10-14 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Abraham Whipple</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1779-10-14 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on October 14, 1779 and read and ordered and granted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, granted </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: commander of the ship Providence </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 archivist notes: Captain, ship Providence, negro, Newport, Indian boy, Blocked Island, Block Island, prisoners, state prison ship, enlistment, Cape Poge, Joseph Henderson, John Onion, William Bartlet, William Bartlett </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 175, page 634 </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>