Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.180-Revolution Petitions, 1775-1776. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Brown

Petition: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909106 Date of creation: 1775-12-05 Petition location: Cambridge Top signatures:John BrownThomas NixonWilliam PrescottEphraim Corey Actions taken on dates: 1775-12-21 Legislative action: Received in the Council on December 21, 1775 and read and sent and leave to withdraw Total signatures: 14 Legislative action summary: Received, read, sent, leave to withdraw Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 Identifications of signatories: NA Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Salem Poor, Colonel Fryes' regiment, Captain Ames, Battle at Charlestown, [this is a recommendation, not a petition, but has previously been identified as a petition] 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.