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Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida and slave states

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858196

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Leicester

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Sargent, Leicester; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others

Selected signatures:

1. Eliza C. Clapp
2. Julia S. Andrews
3. Lucy B. Demond

Actions taken on dates: 1840-02

Legislative action: Received in February 1840

Total signatures: 97

Legislative action summary: Received

Female signatures: 97

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: Legislator's name is covered

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.