House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1289, SC1/series 230, Petition of Dan Weed

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and against the admission of Florida as a slave state Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029541 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Ipswich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Luther Moody, Rowley; committee on petitions of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Dan WeedWilliam H. GravesJosiah CaldwellJames Caldwell Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-27,1843-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 27, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 28, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 26 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 26 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, ["others"] 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: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1289 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.