Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Abigail M. Emmons

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and against the admission of Florida and slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857894 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Franklin Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Cleaveland, Franklin Selected signatures:Abigail M. EmmonsPolly R. PartridgePolly Gowen Total signatures: 300 Female signatures: 300 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: females Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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.