Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.66-Maritime, 1759-1775. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Joseph Leathers

<p>Petition subject: Slave trade </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906018">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906018</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1761-03-26 </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Joseph Leathers</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>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: province snow, Captain Nathaniel Dowse commander, French frigate, Cape Breton, [Nova Scotia], France, Dartmouth, Bristol, Captain James Beach, Boston, Quebec, Falmouth, English privateer, Rochel, Guinea, Guinea man, Guadeloupe, slaves, slave trade, England </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 66, pages 126-127 </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>