Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.62-Maritime, 1694-1706. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Benjamin Alford

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909050 Date of creation: 1700-03-19 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Benjamin Alford Legislative action: Read and resolved that briefs be issued and sent for concurrence and referred to next general assembly Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Read, resolved, briefs issued, sent, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: merchant Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Turks, Algiers, Barbary, Maccaness [Meknes], Morocco, ministers, [religious] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 62, pages 333-334 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.