House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Edwin West

Petition subject: Abolition of slavery Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956346 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Easton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jonathan Pratt, Easton Selected signatures:Edwin WestJoshua BrittonGiles Randell Total signatures: 60 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 60 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: petitioners, [\"citizens\"] 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 1840, Docket 788 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.