House Unpassed Legislation 1798, Docket 4725, SC1/series 230, Petition of Oliver Plimpton

Petition subject: Asking for funds to be granted Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935269 Date of creation: 1798-06-04 Petition location: Sturbridge Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Oliver PlimptonSamuel HobbsLemuel Sanders Legislative action: To lie for evidence Total signatures: 5 Legislative action summary: To lie Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: subscribers, selectmen and overseers of the poor of the town of Sturbridge Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: George Briggs, transient, sickness, diseases, death, house, David Cory, Worcester county, nursing, providing, burying, doctor's bill, attendance, accounts, no lawful and legal settlement Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1798, Docket 4725 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.