Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.181-Revolution Petitions, 1776. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Chester Parker

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906053">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906053</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1776-06-10 </p> <p>Petition location: Dracut </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Chester Parker</li></ol> </p> <p>Legislative action: Referred to next session </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Referred </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: [males of color] </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: Bunker Hill, gun, Middlesex, Oliver Parker, Prescott, [fired 17 times at Bunker Hill] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 181, page 92 </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>