House Unpassed Legislation 1838, Docket 450, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Rotch Jr.

Petition subject: Against the resolutions of the slave-holding states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935287 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin Coombs, New Bedford Selected signatures:William Rotch Jr.Thomas PopePaul BarneyRichard JohnsonEzra R. Johnson Total signatures: 100 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 100 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Only document in folder not digitized is petition wrapper 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.