Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Nathaniel Emmons

Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456118 Date of creation: 1837-02-14 Petition location: Franklin Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Jones, Medway Selected signatures:Nathaniel EmmonsNathan RockwoodWilliam Phipps Total signatures: 114 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 114 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Reverend Nathaniel Emmons Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837 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.