House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 963, SC1/series 230, Petition of Mary H. Allen

<p>Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida as a slave state </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956421">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956421</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Millbury </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Heard, Worcester </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Mary H. Allen</li><li>Martha G. Wates</li><li>Maria Powers</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 183 </p> <p>Female signatures: 183 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females], ["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>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Message to women on back; [1840 representative] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1841, Docket 963 </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>