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

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909106">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909106</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1775-12-05 </p> <p>Petition location: Cambridge </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Brown</li><li>Thomas Nixon</li><li>William Prescott</li><li>Ephraim Corey</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1775-12-21 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on December 21, 1775 and read and sent and leave to withdraw </p> <p>Total signatures: 14 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, sent, leave to withdraw </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </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 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] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 180, pages 241-241a </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>