Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Elias Richards

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery, against the annexation of Texas or other slave states, repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color, and right to trial by jury Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858110 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Weymouth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Asa Pratt, Weymouth; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Elias RichardsA.N. HuntWarren Weston Actions taken on dates: 1839-02-09,1839-02-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1839 and referred to the committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 9, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 92 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 92 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"legal voters\"], [\"others\"] 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: 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.