Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Tammy E. Dickinson

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857970 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Amherst Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dickinson, Amherst [Edward Dickinson, Amherst or Oliver Dickinson II, Amherst]; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Tammy E. DickinsonHannah LoomisLydia Roberts Total signatures: 138 Female signatures: 138 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: The bottom section appears to be the same signatures as the top, which would make the number of signatures 90 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.