Petition of Zechariah Mayhew

Petition subject: Religion Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548406 Date of creation: 1777-11 Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Zechariah MayhewGideon Hawley Actions taken on dates: 1777-11-28,1777-12-01 Legislative action: Committed and ordered Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Committed, ordered Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Mashpee 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. Additional archivist notes: Zachariah Mayhew, missionaries, gospel, churches, religious, sabbath, England, Great Britain, Chilmark, Mashpee, Dukes County, Barnstable County, exemption from taxation, Wendell, Jeffries, Niles Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 183, page 277