Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.177-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1780-1781. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Lightbourne

<p>Petition subject: Permission to travel </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906050">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906050</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1780-10-31 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Lightbourne</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1780-11-03 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on November 3, 1780 and read and advised and granted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, advised, granted </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: Bermuda, snow ranger, Passamaquadi, Nova Scotia, General Starks, Cape Ann, flag, flagg, Elizabeth Hurst, John Lightbourn, negro sailors, William Stiles, Dick Stiles, Ceaser Perman, Benjamin John, James Smith, Charles Cason </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 177, pages 231-233 </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>