Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.170-Revolution Council Papers, 1779. SC1/series 45X, Petition of Richard Gridley

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909097 Date of creation: 1779-09-30 Selected signatures:Richard Gridley Actions taken on dates: 1779-10-01 Legislative action: Received in the Council on October 1, 1779 and read and ordered and granted Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, granted Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Colonel, Castle Island, negro girl Sarah Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 170, page 414 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.