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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857898

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Dedham

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joshua Fales, Dedham; joint select committee on the subject of slavery

Selected signatures:

1. Nancy D. Wheaton
2. Eliza T. Dixon
3. Elizabeth Noyes

Total signatures: 127

Female signatures: 127

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.