Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.236-Revolution Resolves, 1782. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Winthrop

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909138 Date of creation: 17820000 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Top signatures:John Winthrop Actions taken on dates: 1782-05-03,1782-05-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on May 3, 1782 and resolved and granted and sent for co ncurrence and received in the Senate on May 4, 1782 and read and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, granted, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Identifications of signatories: NA Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: South Carolina, number of negroes, Hazard, Tyrannicide, acc ounts, Caleb Davis, Board of War, [\"…but they all at length being weary of Controul & finding that they could not be detained by Law, liberated themselves…\"] 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.