Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.61-Maritime, 1671-1694. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Dorcas Carver

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909049">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909049</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 16930000 </p> <p>Petition location: [Salem] </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Dorcas Carver</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: [females] </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: Turks, Algiers, Barbary, Robert Carver, Perez Savage, Egyptian bondage </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 61, page 394 </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>