Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.167-Revolution Council Papers, 1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Robert Pierpont

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909087">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909087</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1777-11-01 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Robert Pierpont</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1777-11-01 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on November 1, 1777 and ordered and read and accepted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, ordered, read, accepted </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: commissioner of prisoners </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: prisoners, Salem, sloop Betsey, Halifax, Quebec, David Atkins, Cape Cod, Boston, Samuel Davis, Portsmouth, New York, prisoners of war, Benjamin Holmes, tory, Thomas Duncan, apprentice, invalids, Robert Scot, consumptive, Daniel McGregory, hospital </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 167, page 400 </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>