Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.165-Revolution Council Papers, 1776. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Williams

Petition subject: Permission to travel Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909076 Date of creation: 17760000 Selected signatures:William Williams Actions taken on dates: 1776-09-11 Legislative action: Received in the Council on September 11, 1776 and read and ordered and permitted Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, permitted Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: an African, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Africa, Jamaica, London, England, Captain Archibald Duthie, schooner Sturdy Begger, Captain Peter Lander, Salem, rheumatism, West Indies, William Ross, Boston, Nathaniel Morgan, Great Britain Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 165, page 228 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.