Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Wendell Phillips

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:11857940 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Stephen Fairbanks, Boston Selected signatures:Wendell PhillipsGeorge Tyler BigelowJohn C. ParkDavid Carver Jr.George William PhillipsJohn C. PhillipsHenry I. BowditchThomas R. KimballBenjamin WeedenWilliam W. WiseJames H. DixHoratio DavisWilliam C. BrownHenry Chapman Total signatures: 144 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 144 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males 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: 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.