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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857973

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Abington

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James Ford Jr., Abington

Selected signatures:

1. Ziba Torrey
2. John F. Wheeler
3. Jacob Bucknell

Total signatures: 280

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 280

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens

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.