House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 623, SC1/series 230, Petition of Olive Johnson

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956335 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Walpole Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Reverend Amos A. Phelps Selected signatures:Olive JohnsonHarriet E. GraySarah Wadsworth Total signatures: 54 Female signatures: 54 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 Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1839, Docket 623 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.