Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.30-Indian, 1603-1705. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Eliot

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909855">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909855</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1675-08-13 </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Eliot</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>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: Reverend, religious, perpetual slaves, King Philip's War </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 30, page 173 </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>