Passed Resolves; Resolves 1783, c.53, SC1/series 228, Petition of Perley Batchelder

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455220">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455220</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1783-09-29 </p> <p>Petition location: Grafton </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Perley Batchelder</li><li>Moses Holbrook</li><li>Luke Drury</li><li>Nathaniel Adams</li><li>Timothy Meriam</li><li>George Gire</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 6 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 6 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: selectmen of Grafton, [males of color] </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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Grafton, George Geyer, George Gire, George Gier, pension, military service, infirm, support, June 1781 </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1783, c.53, passed October 17, 1783 </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>