Senate Unpassed Legislation 1794, Docket 1888, SC1/series 231, Petition of John Boyd

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148834 Date of creation: 1793-06-18 Petition location: Franklin Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:John BoydJohn WardIsaac Heaton Actions taken on dates: 1794-02 Legislative action: Referred to a committee in February 1794 Total signatures: 3 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Selectmen of Franklin Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Ceeser, Caesar, support, Asa Pond of Wrentham and Franklin, sold to Wilder of Lancaster, freedom, constitution, pauper, African born, [not sure on second name or on legislative date. See bill of sale for Hosea from Asa Pond of Franklin, MA to Jonathan Butterick of Lancaster, MA in the collection \"Slavery in the United States Collection, 1703-1905\" at the American Antiquarian Society.] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1794, Docket 1888 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.