Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.115-Towns, 1742-1751. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Lynde

<p>Petition subject: Property </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906030">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906030</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1750-03-22 </p> <p>Petition location: Salem </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Lynde</li><li>Richard Derby</li><li>Joshua Ward</li><li>Francis Cabot</li><li>Epes Sargent</li><li>Warwick Palfray</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1750-04-07,1750-04-07,1750-04-12,1750-04-12 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on April 7, 1750 and read and ordered and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on April 7, 1750 and read and concurred and received in the Council on April 12, 1750 and read again with answer and ordered and sent for concurrence and received in the House on April 12, 1750 and read and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 42 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred, received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 42 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: some of the 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: assessment, taxes, rates, vessels, trading stock, King George I, valuations </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 115, pages 579-582 </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>