Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.169-Revolution Council Papers, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of David Mitchell

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906044 Date of creation: 1778-08-13 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee Selected signatures:David Mitchell Actions taken on dates: 1778-08-13,1778-08-17 Legislative action: Received in the Council on August 13, 1778 and read and ordered and commited and received in the Council on August 17, 1778 and ordered and granted and read and accepted Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, commited, received, ordered, granted, read, accepted Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a free negro, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Bermuda, Liverpool, sloop Salley, sloop Sally, John Williams master, American schooner of war Washington, commanded by Captain Preston, Newburyport, continental ship of war the Alliance Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 169, pages 77-79a 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.