Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of L. Richardson

<p>Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C. </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456114">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456114</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Taunton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Walker, Taunton; committee on the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>L. Richardson</li><li>Hodges Reed</li><li>Cornelius White</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1837-01-30 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 30, 1837 and referred to the committee on the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia </p> <p>Total signatures: 57 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 57 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: legal voters, ["inhabitants"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837 </p> <p>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.</p>