Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Josiah L. Atkinson

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and against the admission of Florida and slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858012 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Newbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jacob Atkinson, Newbury Selected signatures:Josiah L. AtkinsonElizabeth MerrillMoses Sargent Total signatures: 42 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 25 Female signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: adult inhabitants, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated 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.