Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.165-Revolution Council Papers, 1776. SC1/series 45X, Petition of William Barrel

<p>Petition subject: Permission to travel </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909077">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909077</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1776-09-16 </p> <p>Petition location: Salem </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Barrel</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1776-09-17 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on September 17, 1776 and read and ordered and granted </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, granted </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: an African, [males of color] </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: William Barret, Africa, England, ship Anna Maria, Captain William Pringle, Barbadoes, London, Captain Joseph White, Salem, Great Britain, William Ross, Nathaniel Morgan </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 165, page 236 </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>