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Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Mary P. Putnam

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Title Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Mary P. Putnam
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CUXM3
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

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:11857932

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Danvers

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel P. Fowler, Danvers; committee on domestic slavery

Selected signatures:

  1. Mary P. Putnam
  2. Sarah P. Page
  3. Rebecca Perry

Total signatures: 135

Female signatures: 135

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women, [females], [minors]

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.


 
Subject Social Sciences
Printed
Samuel P. Fowler, Danvers; committee on domestic slavery
Mary P. Putnam
Rebecca Perry
Sarah P. Page
females
minors
women
Yes
135
135