Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Mary Fisk

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857933 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Ashfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Bassett, Ashfield; committee on the petition of H. Edwards and others Selected signatures:Mary FiskPriscilla ParkerHarriet Eldredge Total signatures: 119 Female signatures: 119 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females] 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.