Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.9-Domestic Relations, 1643-1774. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Boston Jethro

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13908971 Date of creation: 1742-03-04 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Boston Jethro Actions taken on dates: 1742-03-04,1742-04-15 Legislative action: Received in the Council on March 4, 1742 and read and ordered that the petitioner serve his wife Hagar with a copy of this petition that so she answer to the complaint within before this board Thursday the twenty fifth day of March instant at three o'clock in the afternoon and received in the Council April 15, 1742 and read again and the matter of this complaint being fully proved by the depositions of John Gyles Esq. and Capt. Thomas Saunders taken upon oath and ordered that the petitioner Boston Jethro be and hereby is divorced from his wife Hagar and that the bonds of their marriage be dissolved to all intents and purposes whatsoever Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, received, read, ordered Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: negro servant of Edward Bromfield of Boston merchant, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Hagar, adultery, molatto bastard child, divorce, Edward Bromfield, John Giles, John Gyles, Thomas Sanders, Thomas Saunders, William Shirley, [Harvard], [additional documents in volumes, see pages 249-250] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 9, page 248 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.

请愿主题：奴隶
原件：http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13908971
创建日期：1742年3月4日
请愿地点：波士顿
入选签名者：波士顿·杰思罗
相关处置日期：1742年3月4日、1742年4月15日
政务处置详情：1742年3月4日于政务委员会接收该请愿并宣读，随后下令请愿者向其妻子哈加尔送达本请愿书副本，责令其于本月二十五日（星期四）下午三时前向本委员会就该指控作出答复；1742年4月15日再次于政务委员会接收该请愿并宣读，经约翰·盖尔斯 Esq.与托马斯·桑德斯上尉经宣誓所作证词充分证实指控内容后，下令请愿者波士顿·杰思罗与妻子哈加尔离婚，双方婚姻关系自此在所有法律意图与用途范围内彻底解除
总签名数：1
有色男性签名者数：1
仅女性签名者：无
签名者身份认证：波士顿商人爱德华·布罗姆菲尔德的黑人奴仆，[有色男性]
请愿书形式：手写稿（非印刷版）
档案管理员附加备注：哈加尔、通奸、穆拉托私生子、离婚、爱德华·布罗姆菲尔德、约翰·贾尔斯、约翰·盖尔斯、托马斯·桑德斯、托马斯·桑德斯、威廉·雪莉、[哈佛大学]、[卷册内另有相关文档，详见第249-250页]
馆藏地点：马萨诸塞联邦档案馆（Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth），馆藏卷册：马萨诸塞档案馆第9卷，第248页
资助致谢：本项目获美国国家人文基金会（National Endowment for the Humanities，PW-5105612）、马萨诸塞联邦档案馆、哈佛大学拉德克利夫高级研究院（Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University）、哈佛大学美国政治研究中心（Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University）、哈佛大学机构发展倡议项目（Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University）及哈佛大学图书馆资助