Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.64-Maritime, 1740-1753. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Bollan

<p>Petition subject: Slave trade </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909053">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909053</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 17500000 </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Bollan</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: agent for his Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay </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: Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, rum, molasses, Guinea, Newfoundland, southern part of North America, furs, skins, Indian trade, vessels, trade at sea, mackarel, smaller fish, West Indies, cod fishery, whale fishery, gulf and river of St. Lawrence, shipping, bread corn, pork, refuse fish, British bankers, European sale, gold, England, slaves, sugar, bills of exchange, Guadeloupe, Martinico, Martinique, late war, English plantations, English distillery, St. Eustatius, northern colonies, French islands, acts of navigation, Canadian war, parliament, husbandmen, manufacturers, duty, duties, taxes, import, export [with separate list of reasons offered] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 64, pages 379-384 </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>