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

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909056">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909056</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1709-11 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Robert Cumbey</li><li>Nathaniel Ayers</li><li>Elisha Webb</li></ol> </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council and reported </p> <p>Total signatures: 6 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, reported </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 6 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: certain inhabitants </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: enlistment of servants, matrosses </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 71, pages 585-586 </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>