Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of William Reed

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:10456164 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Bristol County Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Stephen L. White, Taunton [crossed out]; committee on slavery in the District of Columbia Selected signatures:William ReedSolomon WoodwardEliphalet ElmesJoseph King Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 14, 1837 and referred to the committee on slavery in the District of Columbia Total signatures: 63 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 63 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: 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.

请愿主题：呼吁请愿权利，并抗议华盛顿哥伦比亚特区存在奴隶制。
原档案链接：http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456164
创建日期：（不详）
请愿发起地：布里斯托尔县。
请愿提交的立法者、委员会或收件地址：斯蒂芬·L·怀特（Stephen L. White），汤顿（Taunton）【已划除】；哥伦比亚特区奴隶制问题委员会。
代表性签名者：威廉·里德（William Reed）、所罗门·伍德沃德（Solomon Woodward）、埃利法勒·埃尔姆斯（Eliphalet Elmes）、约瑟夫·金（Joseph King）。
相关行动日期：1837年2月14日。
立法处理：1837年2月14日于众议院收到该请愿书，并转交至哥伦比亚特区奴隶制问题委员会。
总签名数：63份。
立法行动摘要：已接收并转交。
合法选民签名（未标注为非合法选民的男性）：63份。
仅女性签名：无。
签名者身份标注：公民、["others"]。
请愿文本格式：印刷版与手稿版，本次为印刷版。
档案中另有非请愿类或无关文件：存在额外文档。
该请愿书现存于马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆：编号为Resolves 1837, c.75，1837年4月12日通过。
鸣谢：本项目得到美国国家人文基金会（National Endowment for the Humanities，PW-5105612）、马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆、哈佛大学拉德克利夫高级研究院、哈佛大学美国政治研究中心、哈佛大学机构发展倡议项目及哈佛大学图书馆支持。