Passed Resolves; Resolves 1839, c.36, SC1/series 228, Petition of Henry Edwards

Petition subject: Protesting the foreign slave trade Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670561 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Eveleth, Boston; several names from a committee; committee on the memorial of A.H. Edwards and others Selected signatures:Henry EdwardsJosiah BradleeC.H. WarnerWilliam BrighamHenry CushingGeorge Minot Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-10,1839-01-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 10, 1839 and referred to a committee and received in the Senate on January 12, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 141 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 141 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1839, c.36, passed March 21, 1839 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.