Council; Council Files September 22, 1843, Case of Isaac Leavitt, GC3/series 378, Petition of William Serrington

<p>Petition subject: Execution case </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232953">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232953</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1843-09-20 </p> <p>Petition location: New Bedford </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Serrington</li><li>Sarah Haskins</li><li>Eliza Luscombe</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 274 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 135 </p> <p>Female signatures: 123 </p> <p>Unidentified signatures: 16 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [males of color], [females of color], ["others"] </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>: Manuscript </p> <p>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Isaac Leavitt; Reverend and minister of Walters Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, met Frederick Douglass in 1838 at New Bedford Second Street A.M.E. Zion Church, religious </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, September 22, 1843, Case of Isaac Leavitt </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>