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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858122

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Worcester

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ichabod Washburn; joint special committee

Selected signatures:

1. William B. Fox
2. Elbridge N. Harrington
3. Cyrus P. Grosvenor
4. John Milton Earle
5. Charles Prentiss
6. John Mason
7. Elijah Walker

Total signatures: 402

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 402

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color?]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: edited prayer; notes next to signatures

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.