House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 750, SC1/series 230, Petition of Francis Jackson

<p>Petition subject: Request to use chamber </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935291">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935291</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on public buildings </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Francis Jackson</li><li>William Lloyd Garrison</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1840-01-21 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1840 and referred to the committee on public buildings </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, president, corresponding secretary </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, hall, House of Representatives, annual meeting </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1840, Docket 750 </p> <p>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.</p>