Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.166-Revolution Council Papers, 1776-1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Elijah F. Payne

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909082">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909082</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1777-03-15 </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Elijah F. Payne</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1777-03-15 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on March 15, 1777 and ordered and granted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: 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: Elijah F. Paine, privateer schooner Eagle, molatto boy, an inhabitant of Africa, and said to be grandson to the King of Syriloan, Sierra Leone, Liverpool, education, Europe, brigantine Lord Lifford, Captain John Jones, Ireland </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 166, page 328 </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>