Senate Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 10525, SC1/series 231, Petition of Experience Stebbins

Petition subject: To abolish slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858114 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: South Wilbraham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William V. Sessions, Wilbraham; committee on the petition of Henry Edwards and others Selected signatures:Experience StebbinsSarah StebbinsMartha M. Saxton Total signatures: 113 Female signatures: 113 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], ["females"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Example of erased signatures 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.