DOI: 10.7910/dvn/o02jk6
title: Passed Resolves; Resolves 1784, c.61, SC1/series 228, Petition of William White

description: &lt;p&gt;Petition subject: Support for individuals &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original: &lt;a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500489"&gt;http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500489&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Date of creation: 1785-02 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Petition location: Massachusetts &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selected signatures:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;William White&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Total signatures: 1 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Female only signatures: No &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Prayer format was &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing"&gt;printed&lt;/a&gt; vs. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript"&gt;manuscript&lt;/a&gt;: Manuscript &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional archivist notes: answer, Samuel White, Timothy White, Phillips White, George, military service, plea of ignorance carries a more dubious appearance, years their [laws] constant study, probate, attornies, expenses, 1779, Boston, accounts, executor, debts, Judge Cushing, inventory, charges, journey, heirs, estate, improvement, ["And in order to invalidate those objections to your Respondents account for the maintenance of George it is necessary to acquaint your honors that he was a very favorite Boy of the Testator's who in his expiring moments recommended to the care & protection of his sister, now Mrs. Hopkins & his niece the wife of your Respondent, & for whose support he made ample provision till he was bound out apprentice & to whom he devised a legacy at his freedom; - The inspection & direction of the sd George soon after the death of the sd testator which was in the year 1774 devolved on your respondent, who schooled & supported him, & in the year 1777 sent him to Newbury to learn a useful trade at a place the sd executor pretended he had procured for him, but the said Phillips thinking the lad could be better employed in working on his farm, took him to Southampton, where he remained till he claimed the protection of your respondent who after clothing him faithfully put him in to the family of one Jones of Billerica to learn a trade where he continued but a short time before he was advised to inlist into the army for a consideration of 1500 dollars but not being contented with administering such wholesome advice to an unguarded youth it was thought expedient he should be bound in order to obtain from him his dear earned servitude; & the said Phillips, ten days after the lad had actually passed muster, executed to said Jones an indenture of apprenticeship..."] &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1784, c.61, passed February 16, 1785 &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;