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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857927

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Colrain

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Quincy Adams; Robert C. Winthrop, Boston; committee on slavery; Hollis Thompson, Colrain

Selected signatures:

1. Jane Thompson
2. Abigail Scott
3. Sarah W. Joy

Actions taken on dates: 1839-02-15,1839-02-16

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1839 and referred to the committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 16, 1839 and concurred

Total signatures: 87

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred

Female signatures: 87

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females]

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.