Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Samuel E. Sewall

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and against the admission of Florida and slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857942 Date of creation: 1838-12-19 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Samuel E. SewallCharles R. PettengillJames C. OdiornePerez GillJoseph NoyesOrin CarpenterJohn T. HiltonRobert MorrisCatherine BarbadoesChloe A. LeeWilliam C. NellEunice R. DavisPeter GrayHenry WeedenJoel W. Lewis Total signatures: 162 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 133 Female signatures: 12 Unidentified signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Appears that only the bottom two sections include females 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.