House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 623, SC1/series 230, Petition of Olive Johnson

<p>Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956335">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956335</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Walpole </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Reverend Amos A. Phelps </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Olive Johnson</li><li>Harriet E. Gray</li><li>Sarah Wadsworth</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 54 </p> <p>Female signatures: 54 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1839, Docket 623 </p> <p>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.</p>