Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Francis Jackson

Petition subject: Arguing for the right to petition and protesting the existence of slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456177 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Micah H. Ruggles, Fall River; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Francis JacksonZibeon SouthardEllis Gray LoringIsaac KnappWilliam Lloyd GarrisonHenry B. StantonWilliam C. BrownJohn A. Bailey Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-08 Legislative action: Referred to the committee on slavery on February 8, 1837 Total signatures: 76 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 76 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837 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.