Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Abner Belcher

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858125 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Wrentham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on slavery Selected signatures:Abner BelcherJohn W. WhitingSilas P. Fisher Total signatures: 232 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 232 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: men 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.