Source archive Tier A
Massachusetts Historical Society, Petition for freedom (manuscript copy), [13] January 1777
Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections Online. "Petition for freedom (manuscript copy) to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives, [13] January 1777." Jeremy Belknap papers; 30.7 x 20.5 cm. Catalogue note: the official copy submitted to the legislature (Massachusetts Archives), dated 13 January 1777, "has been attributed to Prince Hall (1735-1807) and was signed by Hall and seven other Black men."
Custody docket
- Record
- mhs-prince-hall-petition-1777
- Type
- archive
- Trust tier
- A
- Status
- published
Sources are graded A (primary) / B (secondary academic) / C (secondary journalism) / D (tertiary or contested). See the manifesto’s Evidence Standard for full criteria.
The Society’s own catalogue of the 1777 freedom petition. It is the reason the essay says “attributed”: the record is careful at that spot, so the essay is too.
Provenance
- Creator
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Published
- 1777
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- External record
- https://www.masshist.org/database/557
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