Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.186-Revolution Petitions, 1779-1780. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Cuffe

<p>Petition subject: Support for individuals </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909118">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909118</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1780-02-10 </p> <p>Petition location: Dartmouth </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Cuffe</li><li>Adventur Childs</li><li>Paul Cuffe</li><li>Samuel Gray</li><li>Pero Howland</li><li>Pero Russell</li><li>Pero Coggeshall</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1780-03-16 </p> <p>Legislative action: Committed on March 16, 1780 </p> <p>Total signatures: 7 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Committed </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 7 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: several poor negeros and molattors, inhabitants of the town of Dartmouth, [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: Paul Cuffee, African, long bondage, hard slavery, freedom, freemen, no vote or influence in the election of those that tax us, military service, veteran, taxes, rated, assessed, [religious] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 186, pages 134-136a </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>