Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Samuel Kirkland

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858030 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Norwich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Eliphalet Williams, Northampton; committee to whom was referred the petition of Henry Edwards and others Selected signatures:Samuel KirklandWashington StevensTheodore J. Clark Total signatures: 62 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 62 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: 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: 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.