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Petition subject: Arguing for the right to petition and protesting the existence of slavery in Washington D.C.

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456155

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Brewster

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Jones, Medway; committee on slavery

Selected signatures:

1. John P. Washburn
2. Barnard Freeman
3. Caleb S. Mayo

Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-20

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1837 and referred to the committee on slavery

Total signatures: 35

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 35

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["inhabitants"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837

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.