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Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida and slave states

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858070

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Southborough

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Sullivan Fay, Southborough; committee on slavery

Selected signatures:

1. Moses Sawin
2. Webster Johnson
3. John Parker

Total signatures: 50

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 50

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: 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.