Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.184-Revolution Petitions, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Hugh Orr

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909112">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909112</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1778-06-03 </p> <p>Petition location: Watertown </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Hugh Orr</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1778-06 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House in June 1778 and resolved and committed and leave to withdraw </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, committed, leave to withdraw </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </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: furnace, Bridgewater, Levi Washburn, North River, soldier, veteran </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 184, pages 166-167 </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>