Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.66-Maritime, 1759-1775. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Timothy Fitch

<p>Petition subject: Slave trade </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909055">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909055</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1768 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Timothy Fitch</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: merchant </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: vessel, beef, fish, lumber, West Indies, Carolina beef, import, export, market, bond for landing, ["...only suitable for the negros in the West Indies…"] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 66, page 445 </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>