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Petition subject: Against the resolutions of the slave-holding states

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956320

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Groton

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin Coombs; Dr. Amos Farnsworth, Boston

Selected signatures:

1. Henry Hill
2. Samuel Whiting
3. Levi Hildreth

Total signatures: 38

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 38

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"]

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: House Unpassed 1838, Docket 450

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.