Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Esther P. Pond

Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670560 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: North Wrentham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Preston Pond, Wrentham; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Esther P. PondEmily K. PondCharlotte RockwoodLaura Jepson Actions taken on dates: 1838-04-11,1838-04-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 11, 1838 and referred to the committee on slavery and laid on the table in the Senate on April 12, 1838 Total signatures: 40 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, laid on the table Female signatures: 40 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: females, ["women"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: "ladies" crossed out Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.75, passed April 23, 1838 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.