House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of M.A. Parker

Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida as a slave state Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956382 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Cambridge Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:M.A. ParkerLucy G. AldenSarah H. Cook Total signatures: 122 Female signatures: 122 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: female citizens, [females], ["women"] 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.