Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Melancia B. Storrs

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857858 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Holliston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alden Leland, Holliston; committee on slavery; committee on petition of H. Edwards and others Selected signatures:Melancia B. StorrsSusan J. AdamsSusannah Leland Total signatures: 255 Female signatures: 255 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.