Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.21-Foreign Relations, 1751-1758. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Bollan

<p>Petition subject: Slave trade </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906000">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906000</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1753 </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Bollan</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: agent for his Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England </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: rum, sugar, molasses, Great Britain, British Northern Colonies, fisheries, fish, Indian and Guinea trade, British woolen [wool, cotton], manufacturers, European markets, French, English, King Charles, Newfoundland, France, fishermen, seamen, expedition, Cape Breton, shalloway, fishing vessel </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 21, pages 107-109 </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>