Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.71-Military, 1704-1711. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Timothy Thornton

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906020">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906020</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1709-09-09 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Timothy Thornton</li><li>Thomas Hunt</li><li>John Atwood</li><li>William Clark</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1709-09-14,1709-09-15,1709-09-16 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on September 14, 1709 and read and received in the House on September 15, 1709 and read and sent to the Honorable Board to be there proceeded on first and received in the Council on September 16, 1709 and read </p> <p>Total signatures: 250 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, received, read, sent, received, read </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 250 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: many inhabitants, select men for the town of Boston </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: enlistment of children and servants without leave of parents and masters, ["family government", unique text] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 71, pages 541-542a </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>