Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Harriet Peirce

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery, against the annexation of Texas or other slave states, and right to trial by jury Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858008 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Harriet PeirceMary B. MitchellSarah RaymondEliza Ann CalderSarah HuntingtonSarah ParkerLydia HusseyAnn CoffinJudith JoyEliza GardnerMary CoffinLydia SwainNancy BrownSarah NyeZilpha ElawAnn CooperEliza BerryCaroline BostonJane WheelerSusan HarrisLucy CooperMary BerrySarah RossEunice F. RossMaria WhippeyCharlotte AustinLydia MitchellAnna AustinAnna Gardner Total signatures: 616 Female signatures: 616 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, women, [females], [females of color], [minors] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes newspaper clipping on back; [religious, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilpha_Elaw]; [Eunice F. Ross signed as a minor] 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.