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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, repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color, and right to trial by jury

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857907

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: East Bridgewater

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jesse Perkins, North Bridgewater; select committee on the subject

Selected signatures:

1. Abby Sanford
2. Rowena Hayward
3. Abigail Whitman

Total signatures: 76

Female signatures: 76

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women, [females], ["ladies"]

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.