Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9945, SC1/series 231, Petition of Samuel Jasper

Petition subject: Incorporation Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857833 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Samuel JasperJoel W. LewisHannibal LewisPeter GrayJonas W. ClarkGeorge WashingtonJohn T. HiltonJohn DavisJohn B. CutlerThomas DaltonJane MillsLucy JacksonSamuel S. CookWilliam HolmesWilliam WoodroffEdward SkeeneH. ThackerAngeline ButlerThomas BrownJames BurrCato FreemanLemuel BurrJames G. BarbadoesJohn BrooksJohn ScarlettGeorge GaulCharles TylerHenry WeedenWilliam LewisAnthony F. ClarkWilliam G. NellAndrew TelfordPompey ThurstonNelson MasonJames TelfordUriah LewisGeorge PutmanC.S. ClarkSamuel JohnsonWilliam JunierAaron GaulG.W. Thompson[Lucius Farwell?]Jane ChambersSally TilfordMary TilfordMaria AnthonyMargaret HowardAmelia NaharPriscilla A. JohnsonDiana BrownRhoda JacksonDorcas LewPhebe HoytAnn TilfordJane Tilford Total signatures: 65 Females of color signatures: 20 Males of color signatures: 38 Unidentified signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: coloured persons belonging to the First African Baptist Church and Society in Boston, [males of color], [females of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Remonstrance against the incorporation of the African Baptist Church in Boston, religious, Coffin Pitts, Samuel Lewis, petitioning, Deacon Samuel Jasper, deeds, Daniel Wild, William Bentley, Belknap Street, Joy Street, minister, church, religious societies, two actions at law, rent, judicial tribunal, trials, leave to withdraw Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9945 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.