Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.239-Revolution Resolves, 1783. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Jeremiah Pearson

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909144">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909144</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1783 </p> <p>Petition location: Newburyport </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Jeremiah Pearson</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: gentleman </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: Joel Weed, Samuel Moody, Samuel Noyes, Essex, American Army, soldier, veteran, military service, manumission, freedom, house land, Sarah Weed, trespasser, John Hale, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 251-254] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 239, pages 258-259 </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>