Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Ruth Bowker

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858079 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Sudbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jeremiah Spofford, Essex; committee on the subject Selected signatures:Ruth BowkerPolly BrownLucy B.A. Browne Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-17,1839-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 17, 1839 and referred to the committee on the subject and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 17, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 72 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 72 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], [\"women\"] 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.