Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of William M. Richards

Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida and slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857899 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: South Deerfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dickinson, Amherst [Edward Dickinson, Amherst or Oliver Dickinson II, Amherst]; committee on slavery Selected signatures:William M. RichardsSamuel WarePaul Clark Total signatures: 45 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Reverend William Richards 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.