Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11081, SC1/series 231, Petition of William Billings

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858191 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Acton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George S. Boutwell, Groton Selected signatures:William BillingsJosiah D. WheelerLuther Conant Total signatures: 33 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 33 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: adult male citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Message to women on back, even though it's a male petition Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11081 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.