Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.9-Domestic Relations, 1643-1774. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Saffin

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13908964">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13908964</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1703-11-15 </p> <p>Petition location: Massachusetts </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Saffin</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1703-11-15,1703-11-19,1703-12-01 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House and read on November 15, 1703 and ordered on November 19, 1703 that the petitioner have a review at the next Superior Court held at Boston and in the mean time the negroe be of bonds with surities for the peace and good behavior and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on December 1, 1703 and read and not concurred, but petitioner is referred to the law </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, not concurred, referred </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: Adam, George Adams, Isaac Addington, Timothy Clark, Samuel Converse, Joseph Dudley, Daniel Willard, Boston, Bristol, Rhode Island, smallpox </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 9, page 153 </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>