Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Roger Hooker Leavitt

<p>Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C. </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455452">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455452</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1836-12-26 </p> <p>Petition location: Heath </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David White, Heath; several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Roger Hooker Leavitt</li><li>David White</li><li>Jacob Chapin</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1837-01-21 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1837 and referred to committee [on slavery in Washington D.C.] </p> <p>Total signatures: 56 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 56 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["inhabitants"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837 </p> <p>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.</p>