Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of William B. Fox

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858122 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ichabod Washburn; joint special committee Selected signatures:William B. FoxElbridge N. HarringtonCyrus P. GrosvenorJohn Milton EarleCharles PrentissJohn MasonElijah Walker Total signatures: 402 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 402 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color?] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: edited prayer; notes next to signatures 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.