Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.236-Revolution Resolves, 1782. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Davis

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906080">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906080</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1782-01-15 </p> <p>Petition location: West Springfield </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Davis</li><li>Eliphalet Leonard</li><li>Jonathan White</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1782-03-01,1782-03-09 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on March 1, 1782 and resolved and granted and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 9, 1782 and read and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 3 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, granted, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: assessors for the town of West Springfield </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: Anthony Freeman, veteran, muster, blanket, South Hadley, class, nonresidents, Hampshire </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 236, pages 66-67 </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>