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

Petition subject: Slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13908970 Date of creation: 1727-10-04 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Simon Rogers Actions taken on dates: 1727-10-07,1727-10-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on October 7, 1727 and read and ordered that the prayer of the petition be granted and that the commissioner of impost be directed to repay what duty he has received for the importation of the negro within named any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding and sent for concurrence and received in the Council on October 10, 1727 and read and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, read, ordered, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: innholder Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: [additional documents in volumes, see pages 202a and 202b], Simeon Rogers, Nick, Barbadoes, Ephraim Breed, Edward Cooper, William Dudley, William Dummer, Hugh Hall, Daniel Russell, Josiah Willard, ship Martha, [remit importation fine] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 9, pages 201-202 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.