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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857885

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Essex

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Choate, Essex; special committee

Selected signatures:

1. John Perkins
2. Caleb Cogswell
3. Edward K. Goldsmith

Total signatures: 102

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 102

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["inhabitants"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

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.