House Unpassed Legislation 1787, Docket 2358, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel Stevens

Petition subject: Support for transportation to Africa Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935255 Date of creation: 1787-01-04 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Samuel StevensBrister SlanzerLanchester HillPrince HallBoston SmithCeser SpearPrince RandPrince GraySamuel Beene Legislative action: To lie Total signatures: 80 Legislative action summary: To lie Males of color signatures: 80 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: a number of African blacks, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: climate, lands, settlement, civil society, political constitution, religious society, Christian church, pastors, bishops, voyage, utensils, houses, mills, families, collection, congregations, [needs conservation] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1787, Docket 2358 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.