Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of John Perkins

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857885 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Essex Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Choate, Essex; special committee Selected signatures:John PerkinsCaleb CogswellEdward K. Goldsmith Total signatures: 102 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 102 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["inhabitants"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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.