Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.188-Revolution Petitions, 1782-1783. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Akin

<p>Petition subject: Military service </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909124">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909124</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1783-05-28 </p> <p>Petition location: Dartmouth </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Akin</li></ol> </p> <p>Legislative action: Committed </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Committed </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: town clerk </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: quota, enlistment, continental army, assess, return of men enlisted, males of color, Quakers, Bristol, [religious, includes Deliverance Bennet, Ziba Fuller, Moses Gardner, David Cushman, Prince Jenne, Abner Luce, Thomas Tobey, Cain Abel, David Davis, Prince Beard, Cesar Slocum, Peter Pond, Robert Crossman, Francois Ropaze?, Jesse Richmond, Elijah Blackman, Levi Caswell, Richard Cowell, John Knolton, James Herill, Thomas Johnson, John Ronnolds, William Stoodley, Fransway Parker?, Seth David?, Loie Tousant, Josiah Haskel, Elkanah Hamblin, Nathan Claghorn, Edward Stebbins, Clauda Dubois, Cornelius Spooner, James Wamlee, Ebenezer Prince] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 188, pages 310-312.5 </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>