Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Cyrus Peirce

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery, against the annexation of Texas or other slave states, and right to trial by jury Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858007 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Cyrus PeirceBenjamin BrownWilliam C. FolgerEdward J. PompeyNathaniel BordenArthur CooperDavid Joy Total signatures: 153 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 153 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, men, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes newspaper clipping on back 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.