Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Julia Parris

Petition subject: Trial by jury Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857855 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Kingston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Josiah Holmes, Kingston; appropriate committee; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Julia ParrisMartha D. FrenchBethiah H. Willis Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-26,1839-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 26, 1839 and referred to the committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 28, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 94 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 94 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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.