Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Israel G. Rose

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery and repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857926 Date of creation: 1839-01-21 Petition location: Chesterfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Timothy A. Phelps, Chesterfield; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Israel G. RoseRufus BurnellThaddeus Baker Actions taken on dates: 1839-02-11,1839-02-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 11, 1839 and referred to the committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 11, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 138 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 61 Female signatures: 77 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, males, females Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated 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.