Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.170-Revolution Council Papers, 1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Elkanah Welsh

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909091 Date of creation: 1779-07-08 Petition location: Charlestown Selected signatures:Elkanah WelshBenjamin SweetserRobert GiffinHezekiah ChadwickJohn Frothingham in behalf of Cato Total signatures: 12 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: subscribers who have engaged to do military duty in and about Boston, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: guards, powder magazine, barracks, guardships, harbor, invalids, orchard gardens, corn fields [see page 213.5] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 170, pages 212-213 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.