Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.177-Revolution Council Papers, Second Series, 1780-1781. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Hopkins

<p>Petition subject: Permission to travel </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909103">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909103</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1781-05-21 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Hopkins</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1781-05-26,1781-05-26 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on May 26, 1781 and advised and received in the Council on May 26, 1781 and ordered and granted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, advised, received, ordered, granted </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: Major, Captain John Browne, Bermuda, flag of truce, prisoners, state ship Mars, brig Little Porga, including servants, Titus a negro lad, and sailors that are possibly males of color, Antony Johnson, Anthony Johnson, Joseph Saunders, Nicholas Neale </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 177, pages 485-487 </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>