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Petitions of the citizens of the town of Danvers, Mass. against the proposal for the admission of Florida, as a slave state, into the union., circa 1845
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From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of the citizens of Boston, Mass, relating to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and other territories where it exists, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of the citizens of Gloucester, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery in Florida, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petitions of citizens of Danvers, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and those territories in the United States, where it exists, circa 1845
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Ipswich, Mass, relating to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and to reject an application for the admission of Florida, and to pass laws to suppress slave trade between the United States and Texas, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Lynn, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and slave trade in the District of Columbia and those territories of the United States where it exists, circa 1845
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Lynn, Mass., for an alteration to the constitution to abolish slavery or deliver the people of the free states, from all obligation to maintain it, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Lynn, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia and the territories of the United States where it exists, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Lynn, Mass., praying that all proposals for the admission of Florida as a slave state into the United States be promptly rejected, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845
Petition of citizens of Middleton, Mass., relating to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia and other territories of the United States where it exists, circa 1845
File — Oversize box: 1(OS), Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection is comprised of various petitions against slavery signed by citizens of Essex County, Massachusetts and Cornish, Maine. These petitions, signed by men and women, are against: the admittance of Florida to the Union; the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. and other United States territories; new states being admitted to the Union whose constitutions allow for slavery; the abolition of slavery and the slave trade; and for an alteration to the constitution to abolish...
Dates:
circa 1845