Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Festus Foster

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857954 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Brimfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Abner Hitchcock, Brimfield Selected signatures:Festus FosterLucy DurfeeStephen Durfee Total signatures: 250 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 137 Female signatures: 113 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, adult males, adult females Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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.