Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of Leonard B. Griffing

<p>Petition subject: Slavery in Washington D.C. </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670558">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670558</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Gloucester </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Eleazer Boynton, Gloucester; committee on slavery </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Leonard B. Griffing</li><li>John P. Proster</li><li>John Ellery</li><li>George Clarke Jr.</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1838-04-09,1838-04-10 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on April 9, 1838 and referred to the committee on slavery and laid on the table in the Senate on April 10, 1838 </p> <p>Total signatures: 40 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, laid on the table </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 40 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["citizens"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.75, passed April 23, 1838 </p> <p>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.</p>