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Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery, against the annexation of Texas or other slave states, and repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857912

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Edgartown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Chase Pease, Edgartown

Selected signatures:

1. Elihu P. Norton
2. Julia Norton
3. Isabella W. Smith

Total signatures: 61

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 51

Female signatures: 10

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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.