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

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:10456145 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lowell Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph W. Mansur, Lowell Selected signatures:A.L. BrooksJoshua HealeWilliam HallOtis L. Allen Total signatures: 179 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 179 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [\"others\"] 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.