Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9794, SC1/series 231, Petition of Samuel Whitcomb Jr.

Petition subject: Against the resolutions to suppress abolitionist societies and publications Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857832 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Dorchester Selected signatures:Samuel Whitcomb Jr.William ClapFrederick Clapp Total signatures: 59 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 59 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] 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 1836, Docket 9794 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.