Senate Unpassed Legislation 1831, Docket 9055, SC1/series 231, Petition of William Rawle

<p>Petition subject: Gradual abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148858">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148858</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1831-01-01 </p> <p>Petition location: Washington D.C. </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Select committee on state rights </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Rawle</li><li>Charles S. Cope</li><li>Robert P. Anderson</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1831-01-26 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 26, 1831 and committed to the select committee on state rights </p> <p>Total signatures: 4 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, committed </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and improving the condition of the African race </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>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1831, Docket 9055 </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>