Petition of Jonathan Capen

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906046">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906046</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1776 </p> <p>Petition location: Stoughton </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Jonathan Capen</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1776-12-06 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on December 6, 1776 and ordered and granted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, ordered, granted </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: guardian of the Punkapog tribe of Indians </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>Native American tribe: Massachusetts, Ponkapoag </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> <p>Additional archivist notes: Isaac Williams, molatto, deserter, gaol, Ponkapoag tribe </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 173, page 56 </p>