Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.184-Revolution Petitions, 1778-1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Simeon Howard

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906056 Date of creation: 1778 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Simeon HowardWilliam Clark Actions taken on dates: 1778-04-14,1778-04-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 14, 1778 and read and ordered and committed and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on April 14, 1778 and read and concurred Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, committed, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: clerk, gentlemen Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Doctor John Clark, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jonathan Pike, Daniel Halsey, Simeon Howard, William Clark, Great Britain, [additional documents in volumes, \"…one a Black of no good fame…\"] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 184, pages 92-95 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.