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Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida and slave states

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858193

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Acton

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George S. Boutwell, Groton

Selected signatures:

1. Abby D. Cowdrey
2. Mary E. Stearns
3. Abigail Chaffin

Total signatures: 78

Female signatures: 78

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women, [females]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: Message to women on back

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11081

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.