Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.182-Revolution Petitions, 1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Robert Foster

<p>Petition subject: Permission to travel </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906054">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906054</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1777-03-20 </p> <p>Petition location: Plymouth </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Robert Foster</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1777-06-30,1777-07-03 </p> <p>Legislative action: Committed on June 30, 1777 and referred to next session on July 3, 1777 </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Committed, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </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: Kingston, Kingstown, Liverpool, Remember Ingraham, Frenchman's Bay, Plymouth jail, prisoner, Nova Scotia </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 182, pages 257-258 </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>