Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.188-Revolution Petitions, 1782-1783. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Akin

Petition: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909124 Date of creation: 1783-05-28 Petition location: Dartmouth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Top signatures:Benjamin Akin Legislative action: Committed Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Identifications of signatories: town clerk Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: quota, enlistment, continental army, assess, return of men enlisted, males of color, Quakers, Bristol, [religious, includes Deliverance Bennet, Ziba Fuller, Moses Gardner, David Cushm an, Prince Jenne, Abner Luce, Thomas Tobey, Cain Abel, David Davis, Prince Beard, Cesar Slocum, Peter Pond, Robert Crossman, Francois Ropaze?, Jesse Richmond, Elijah Blackman, Levi Caswell, Richard Cowell, John Knolton, James Herill, Thomas Johnson, John Ronnolds, William Stoodley, Fransway Parker?, Se th David?, Loie Tousant, Josiah Haskel, Elkanah Hamblin, Nathan Claghorn, Edward Stebbins, Clauda Dubois, Cornelius Spooner, James Wamlee, Ebenezer Prince] 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.