Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11081, SC1/series 231, Petition of Abby D. Cowdrey

<p>Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida and slave states </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858193">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858193</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Acton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George S. Boutwell, Groton </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Abby D. Cowdrey</li><li>Mary E. Stearns</li><li>Abigail Chaffin</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 78 </p> <p>Female signatures: 78 </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>Additional archivist notes: Message to women on back </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11081 </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>