Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.60-Maritime, 1641-1671. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Thomas Hawkins

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906014">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906014</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 16700000 </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: General elders </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Thomas Hawkins</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1670-08-22 </p> <p>Legislative action: Referred to the general elders and not consented to by Edward Rawson on August 22, 1670 </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Referred, not consented </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: Edward Howard, Turks, Algiers, Barbary </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 60, page 78 </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>