Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.71-Military, 1704-1711. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Timothy Thornton

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906020 Date of creation: 1709-09-09 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Timothy ThorntonThomas HuntJohn AtwoodWilliam Clark Actions taken on dates: 1709-09-14,1709-09-15,1709-09-16 Legislative action: Received in the House on September 14, 1709 and read and received in the House on September 15, 1709 and read and sent to the Honorable Board to be there proceeded on first and received in the Council on September 16, 1709 and read Total signatures: 250 Legislative action summary: Received, read, received, read, sent, received, read Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 250 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: many inhabitants, select men for the town of Boston Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: enlistment of children and servants without leave of parents and masters, ["family government", unique text] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 71, pages 541-542a 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.