Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.62-Maritime, 1694-1706. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Alford

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909051">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909051</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1700-03-19 </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Alford</li><li>William Bowditch</li></ol> </p> <p>Legislative action: Colonel Hathorne to be notified and send to the [?] and give account </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Notified, send, account </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Boston merchant, Salem mariner </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 of Salem, John Hathorne </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 62, page 335 </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>