Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.186-Revolution Petitions, 1779-1780. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Anthony Vassall

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909119">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909119</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 17800000 </p> <p>Petition location: Cambridge </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Anthony Vassall</li><li>Cuby Vassall</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1780-09-28 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on September 28, 1780 and read and ordered and committed and sent for concurrence </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, committed, sent </p> <p>Females of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: yeoman, [males of color], [females of color] </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>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Penelope Vassall, John Vassall, absentee, land, taxes, rent, Middlesex </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 186, pages 313-314 </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>