House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Baolis Sanford

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956344 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: East Bridgewater Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Harris, East Bridgewater Selected signatures:Baolis SanfordJoshua RyderEdwin Robbins Total signatures: 45 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: men, [\"inhabitants\"] 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 1840, Docket 788 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.请愿主题：废除华盛顿哥伦比亚特区奴隶制。原始文献链接：http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956344。创建日期：（未知）。请愿发起地：东布里奇沃特（East Bridgewater）。请愿提交对象：威廉·哈里斯（William Harris），东布里奇沃特。签名节选：鲍利斯·桑福德（Baolis Sanford）、约书亚·莱德（Joshua Ryder）、埃德温·罗宾斯（Edwin Robbins）。总签名数：45。合法选民签名数（未标注为非合法选民的男性）：45。仅女性签名者：无。签名者身份：男性，[居民（inhabitants）]。请愿祈祷文版式：为印刷版，非手稿版。档案中是否包含额外非请愿类或无关文献：无额外文献。本请愿书在马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆（Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth）的馆藏位置：1840年未通过众议院议案，案卷号788。鸣谢：本项目得到美国国家人文基金会（National Endowment for the Humanities，PW-5105612）、马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆、哈佛大学拉德克利夫高等研究院（Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University）、哈佛大学美国政治研究中心（Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University）、哈佛大学机构发展倡议（Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University）及哈佛大学图书馆（Harvard University Library）的支持。