Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Joshua W. Simmons

Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida and slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857988 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Marshfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Ford Jr., Marshfield; special committee on slavery and the slave trade Selected signatures:Joshua W. SimmonsJames SpragueWilliam Ford Total signatures: 100 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 100 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: male citizens, [\"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.