Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Harvey Chase

Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456156 Date of creation: 1837-01-20 Petition location: Bristol County Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Micah H. Ruggles, Fall River; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Harvey ChaseJervis ShoveElisha Smith Actions taken on dates: 1837-01-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 27, 1837 and referred to the committee on slavery Total signatures: 51 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 51 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["inhabitants"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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.