Petition of Daniel Perkins

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:28548331 Date of creation: 1760-10-06 Petition location: Bridgewater, Easton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Daniel PerkinsNathaniel BrettPeter HaywardJohn BurrDaniel LittlefieldEliphalet LeonardJames Dean Actions taken on dates: 1761-01-08,1761-01-08 Legislative action: Committed and received and read and granted in the House on January 8, 1761 and sent for concurrence and received and read and concurred in the Council on January 8, 1761 Total signatures: 27 Legislative action summary: Committed, received, read, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 27 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants of the town of Bridgewater, inhabitance of the town of Easton 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: Robert Floss, Easton, Bridgewater, driven from home, Eastward, Eastern, Maine, wayfaring, transient, travail, charity, sons, military service, soldiers, veterans, wars, houses, buildings, desolate den, woods, clothing, civil, honest, thankful, ends with scripture, bible quotes, religious, Howard, Phillips, Marsh, James Otis, Andrew Oliver, Francis Bernard Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 105, pages 607-608