Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of P.B. Day

Petition subject: Arguing for the right to petition and protesting the existence of slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456139 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Andover Selected signatures:P.B. DaySamuel Hopkins EmeryThomas Hubbard Total signatures: 134 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 134 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: [Signatures not photographed because very brittle and could not be unfolded without extensive damage; needs conservation] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837 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.