Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Melania A. Parker

<p>Petition subject: To pass several resolutions against slavery </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857923">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857923</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Cambridge </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Luther Brooks, Cambridge </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Melania A. Parker</li><li>Eliza Denton</li><li>Adeline O. Gray</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 139 </p> <p>Female signatures: 139 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females] </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>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Message to women on back </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1839, Docket 10525 </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>