Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.214-Revolution Resolves, 1777. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Daniel Martin

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906066 Date of creation: 1777-06-18 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Daniel Martin Actions taken on dates: 1777-06-19 Legislative action: Received on June 19, 1777 and committed Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, committed Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Bahamas, Francis Butler, New Providence, Marblehead [negro boy, who had threatened to go into the regular service, military service] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 214, page 256 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.