Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.11-Ecclesiastical, 1679-1739. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Joseph Boone

<p>Petition subject: Voting rights </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13905998">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13905998</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1706-03-13 </p> <p>Petition location: Carolina </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Joseph Boone</li><li>Micajah Perry</li><li>Daniel Wharley</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 17 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 17 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants of the province of Carolina, several merchants of London trading to Carolina and the neighbouring colonies of Her Majesty in America </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>: Printed </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: [religious; includes printed address of the House of Lords to Her Majesty on petition of Joseph Boone denouncing religious oppression of laws in Carolina and Her Majesty's answer] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 11, pages 202-205 </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>