Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Timothy Foster

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. and against the admission of Florida and slave states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857958 Date of creation: 1838-12-10 Petition location: Andover Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas C. Foster, Andover; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Timothy FosterGeorge FosterJames Smith Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-16,1839-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1839 and referred to the committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 17, 1839 and concurred Total signatures: 276 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 276 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: male 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: 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.