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Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C.

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857869

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Haverhill

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James H. Duncan, Haverhill

Selected signatures:

1. Jane H. Hews
2. Mary Gile
3. Margaret Longley
4. Tameyson Kimball

Total signatures: 228

Female signatures: 228

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], [minors], ["adult ladies"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Additional archivist notes: Not sure on third and fourth names; note on minors at bottom

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1839, Docket 10525

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.