House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 623, SC1/series 230, Petition of Harriet W. Goodman

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935290 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Dracut Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Reverend E. Goodman; Samuel Fox, Dracut Selected signatures:Harriet W. GoodmanClarrissa F. BradleyLaura Harris Legislative action: Tabeled Total signatures: 68 Legislative action summary: Tabeled Female signatures: 68 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], ["ladies"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: "Weymouth, August 2" on back Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1839, Docket 623 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.