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Petition of a Fire Company from Pensacola Requesting Exemption from Militia Duty, 1827
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Description
Petition of Fire Company Number Two of the City of Pensacola to the Florida Territorial Legislative Council requesting exemption from militia duty.
Date
1827 (circa)
Contributors
Ricketts, Jacob
Tardiff, Peter
Brun, Robert
Ahrens, Henry
Mitchell, Robert
Hunt, William Hasell, ?-1841
Pescay, Julius
Ruis, Randal [Ellis, Randal?]
Moses, Pierre
Boyce, William J.
Carey, Ambrose
Gallaher, Charles
Jerrison, John, Jr.
Rushton, James
Foster, John F.
Nisbet, F. H.
Patterson, Samuel
Tobin, John
White, John
Pendleton, J.
Jerrison, Thomas B.
Bennett, Z.
Green, Joseph
Tardiff, Peter
Brun, Robert
Ahrens, Henry
Mitchell, Robert
Hunt, William Hasell, ?-1841
Pescay, Julius
Ruis, Randal [Ellis, Randal?]
Moses, Pierre
Boyce, William J.
Carey, Ambrose
Gallaher, Charles
Jerrison, John, Jr.
Rushton, James
Foster, John F.
Nisbet, F. H.
Patterson, Samuel
Tobin, John
White, John
Pendleton, J.
Jerrison, Thomas B.
Bennett, Z.
Green, Joseph
Format
Coverage
Topic
Geographic Term
Title
Petition of a Fire Company from Pensacola Requesting Exemption from Militia Duty, 1827
Subject
Petitions
Fire fighters
Fire departments
Militia
Duty
Description
Petition of Fire Company Number Two of the City of Pensacola to the Florida Territorial Legislative Council requesting exemption from militia duty.
Date
1827 (circa)
Contributor
Ricketts, Jacob
Tardiff, Peter
Brun, Robert
Ahrens, Henry
Mitchell, Robert
Hunt, William Hasell, ?-1841
Pescay, Julius
Ruis, Randal [Ellis, Randal?]
Moses, Pierre
Boyce, William J.
Carey, Ambrose
Gallaher, Charles
Jerrison, John, Jr.
Rushton, James
Foster, John F.
Nisbet, F. H.
Patterson, Samuel
Tobin, John
White, John
Pendleton, J.
Jerrison, Thomas B.
Bennett, Z.
Green, Joseph
Format
petitions
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
s876_b002_f03_16
Coverage
Territorial Florida (1821-1845)
ImageID
s876_b002_f03_16_01
s876_b002_f03_16_02
s876_b002_f03_16_03
Geographic Term
Escambia County (Fla.)
Pensacola (Fla.)
topic
Politics and Government
Military and Veterans
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Chicago Manual of Style
Petition of a Fire Company from Pensacola Requesting Exemption from Militia Duty, 1827. 1827 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/347148>, accessed 6 May 2026.
MLA
Petition of a Fire Company from Pensacola Requesting Exemption from Militia Duty, 1827. 1827 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 6 May. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/347148>
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