Senate Unpassed Legislation 1794, Docket 1893, SC1/series 231, Petition of James Richards

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148836">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148836</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1794-02-08 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on Hanover </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>James Richards</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1794-02 </p> <p>Legislative action: Referred to committee on Hanover in February 1794 </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: In behalf of the town of Cummington, ["inhabitants of Cummington"] </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 non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Zilpah, African born woman, brought to Boston when she was about 7 years old, Suffolk county, Plymouth county, Bristol county, freedom, free near 30 years, support </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1794, Docket 1893 </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>