Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.119-Trade, 1645-1754. SC1/series 45X, Petition of George Tilley

<p>Petition subject: Slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909070">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909070</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1750-09 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>George Tilley</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1750-10-06,1750-10-09 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Council on October 6, 1750 and read and ordered and sent for concurrence and received in the House on October 9, 1750 and read and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </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: tavern, license, retail liquor </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 119, pages 481-482 </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>