Petition of Jonathan Capen

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906046 Date of creation: 1776 Petition location: Stoughton Selected signatures:Jonathan Capen Actions taken on dates: 1776-12-06 Legislative action: Received in the Council on December 6, 1776 and ordered and granted Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, ordered, granted Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardian of the Punkapog tribe of Indians Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Massachusetts, Ponkapoag 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. Additional archivist notes: Isaac Williams, molatto, deserter, gaol, Ponkapoag tribe Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 173, page 56