Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Joseph Litchfield

Petition subject: Arguing for the right to petition and protesting the existence of slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456138 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Scituate Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel A. Turner, Scituate; committee on slavery Selected signatures:Joseph LitchfieldWarren StadleyStephen Mott Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 11, 1837 and referred to the committee on slavery Total signatures: 57 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 57 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [\"legal voters\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available 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.