Petition of Thomas Willis

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548238 Date of creation: 1766 Petition location: Bridgewater Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee for sale of lands Selected signatures:Thomas WillisShepard FiskEdward MitchellSamuel KingsleyJames Keith Actions taken on dates: 1766-10-30,1767-01-29,1767-01-30,1767-01-30 Legislative action: Committed on October 30, 1766 and received and revived and granted in the Council on January 29, 1767 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred and amended in the House on January 30, 1767 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on January 30, 1767 Total signatures: 5 Legislative action summary: Committed, received, revived, granted, sent, received, read, concurred, amended, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: the selectmen of the town of Bridgewater Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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: sale, lands, Deborah Brand, Deborah Bran, town charge, debts, sickness, Plymouth, Cumberland, Rhode Island, Needham, Titicut, non compos mentis, Indian guardians, Peter Brand, Peter Bran, Joshua Brand, Joshua Bran, Caleb Bran, Caleb Brand, deeds, John Turner, Andrew Oliver, Josiah Edson, Thomas Cushing, John Cotton, Francis Bernard, includes affidavits, certifications Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 33, pages 399-400