Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.185-Revolution Petitions, 1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Winthrop

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909117">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909117</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1779-11 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Winthrop</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1779-11-17,1779-11-17 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on Novmber 17, 1779 and read and committed and sent for concurrence and received in the House on November 17, 1779 and read and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, committed, sent, received, read, concurred </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: South Carolina, twenty negroes, William Vereen, Thomas Todd, William Henry Lewis, West Indies, British, Brig Hazard, Brig Tyrannicide, [additional documents in volumes] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 185, pages 409-409a </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>