House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 963, SC1/series 230, Petition of Sarah Chapman

Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida as a slave state Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956415 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket; committee on that subject Selected signatures:Sarah ChapmanMary G. ChapmanOlive TwombleyHuldah StackpoleSophia KingsburyEliza GardnerMary KellyLouisa LoringEliza F. MeriamElizabeth PeabodyHarriet A. SpearMary WithingtonJerusha ColburnMary C. BlanchardHenrietta SargentCatharine SargentCaroline WestonMaria Weston ChapmanMary A.W. JohnsonAnne R. SouthwickAnne Warren WestonThankful SouthwickZilpha W. HarlowSusan PaulCatherine PaulEunice R. DavisLavinia Hilton Total signatures: 569 Female signatures: 569 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females], [females of color] 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 1841, Docket 963 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.