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Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C.

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455452

Date of creation: 1836-12-26

Petition location: Heath

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David White, Heath; several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. Roger Hooker Leavitt
2. David White
3. Jacob Chapin

Actions taken on dates: 1837-01-21

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1837 and referred to committee [on slavery in Washington D.C.]

Total signatures: 56

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 56

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.