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Dartmouth students petition

 Item: 1
Identifier: Mss 821263
Mss 821263

Description

Petition from 28 Dartmouth College students to the Hanover, New Hampshire Selectmen requesting to be furnished with firearms in order to complete their military duty. One student requested a uniform, another a knapsack, and another a cantine and two shirts. Signed by Samuel Delano, Henry Greenleaf, Cyrus Stone, Seth Farnsworth, Chauncey L. Throop, Jonathan Burnett, Chandler Metcalf, Joseph Marsh, Leondes Perkins, Thomas Roby, David Smith, Sylvester Cochran, John S. Knowlton, Samuel G. Tenney, Thomas Hall, Ephraim W. Clark, Cranmore Wallace, David P. Smith, Oliver Carlton, Millot Elis, Wakefield Gale, Nathaniel Barker, George K. Pomroy, Joseph R. Field, Simeon Bicknell, Zachariah Batchelder, John H. Kimball, and a student with an unidentifiable signature.

Dates

  • 1821-04-13

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright on this material has not been evaluated. You are free to use this material in any way permitted by copyright that applies to your use.

Extent

.01 Linear Feet (1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
6065 Webster Hall
Hanover NH 03755 USA

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