House Unpassed Legislation 1809, Docket 6437, SC1/series 230, Petition of Daniel Wild

Petition subject: African meeting house school room Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935277 Date of creation: 1809-02-20 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Daniel WildWard JacksonBenjamin ThompsonJohn WaitMitchel Lincoln Actions taken on dates: 1809-03-03 Legislative action: Referred on March 3, 1809 Total signatures: 5 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a committee for that purpose Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: publick teacher of piety religion and morality, subscription, lottery, house for that purpose, purchase, ground, lands, brick building, basement story, school room for the instruction of the children of colour throughout the town, minister, sales of pews, expenses, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, religion, church Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1809, Docket 6437 and 6438 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.