Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Ruel G. Cowee

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and pass several resolutions against slavery, and against the annexation of Texas or other slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857872 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Gardner Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Wright, Gardner; committee on the subject of domestic slavery Selected signatures:Ruel G. CoweeCaleb MerriamJames C. Matthews Total signatures: 58 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 58 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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.