Massachusetts Archives Collection. v.9-Domestic Relations, 1643-1774. SC1/series 45X, Petition of John Saffin

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13905997 Date of creation: 1703-06-01 Selected signatures:John Saffin Actions taken on dates: 1703-06-01,1703-06-03,1703-06-03,1703-06-03 Legislative action: Received in the House and read on June 1, 1703 and read on June 3, 1703 and ordered that the petitioner have a hearing before this court on the 2nd Wednesday of the next session and sent for concurrence and received in Council on June 3, 1703 and read and not agreed to and ordered that the matter be heard before the next Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Suffolk and received in the House on June 3, 1703 and read and agreed Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, read, ordered, sent, received, read, not agreed, ordered, received, read, agreed Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Adam, Isaac Addington, Samuel Converse, Boston, England, smallpox Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 9, page 152 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.