Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Richard Clap

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:11857901 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Dorchester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Elijah Vose, Dorchester Selected signatures:Richard ClapFrederick ClappJohn Field Total signatures: 100 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 100 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["signers"] 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.