Passed Resolves; Resolves 1839, c.36, SC1/series 228, Petition of Mark Newman

Petition subject: Protesting the foreign slave trade Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455879 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Andover Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Stevens, Andover; committee on the memorial of A.H. Edwards and others Selected signatures:Mark NewmanJacob DescombLeonard Woods Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-30,1839-01-31 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 30, 1839 and referred to the committee on the memorial of A.H. Edwards and others and received in the Senate on January 31, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 201 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 201 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, faculty and members of the Theological Seminary Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Includes a column for the faculty and members of the Theological Seminary Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1839, c.36, passed March 21, 1839 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.