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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:11858093

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Watertown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Minot Thayer, Braintree; committee on slavery

Selected signatures:

1. Stillman Lothrop
2. Nathaniel Stone Jr.
3. Jesse Wheeler

Actions taken on dates: 1839-03-01,1839-03-02

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 1, 1839 and referred to the committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 2, 1839 and concurred

Total signatures: 52

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

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 52

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants

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.