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

Petition subject: To pass several resolutions against slavery Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857923 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Cambridge Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Luther Brooks, Cambridge Selected signatures:Melania A. ParkerEliza DentonAdeline O. GrayNancy Low Total signatures: 139 Female signatures: 139 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Message to women on back Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1839, Docket 10525 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.