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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935290

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Dracut

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Reverend E. Goodman; Samuel Fox, Dracut

Selected signatures:

1. Harriet W. Goodman
2. Clarrissa F. Bradley
3. Laura Harris

Legislative action: Tabeled

Total signatures: 68

Legislative action summary: Tabeled

Female signatures: 68

Female only signatures: Yes

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Additional archivist notes: "Weymouth, August 2" on back

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1839, Docket 623

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.