Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Edward Lasell

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858117 Date of creation: 1838-12 Petition location: Williamstown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jeremiah H. Hosford, Williamstown Selected signatures:Edward LasellRalph BulkleySamuel Chapman Jr. Total signatures: 104 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 104 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters 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.