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�To the Honorable, the Legislature of the State of Maine
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    The undersigned Citizens of Dixfield, Mexico + vicinity in the County of
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Oxford Respectfully pray your honorable body, to adopt resolutions declaring:
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    1. That Congress has the constitutional Power to abolish slavery and the slave
 +
  trade, in the District of Columbia.
 +
    2. That it has the constitutional power to abolish therein the several Territories
 +
  of the Union, where they exist.
 +
    3.That it has the constitutional power to prohibit the slave trade between the
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  several States of the Union.
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    4. That, in regard to all these particulars, Congress ought immediately to
 +
  exercise that power.
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We also pray your honorable body, to send a copy of said resolutions to each of
 +
  the Senators and Representatives of this State in
 +
Congress, to be by them laid before that body;--to the Governors of the several
 +
  States, to be by them laid before their respective
 +
legislatures; and to the President of the United States.
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    We further pray your honorable body, to instruct the Senators, and request the
 +
  Representatives, of this State, in Congress, to use
 +
their utmost influence, for the immediate abolition of slavery and the slave trade in
 +
  the District of Columbia, and in those Territories
 +
of the Union where they exist;--and also for the immediate prohibition of the slave
 +
  trade between the several States.
 +
 
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[2 columns of signatures]
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Henry Furwell                                          Phebe Ludden Penth
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Wm V. Jandeau                                        Lydia S Seudden
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Jos S Wheeler                                          Laurinia Brown
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Joseph Eustis[name lined out]                Sluxis Burnham
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Thebe C Wheeler                                   
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Mary G Chesley                                      Samuel Burgess
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Lary S Wheeler                                        William Brock
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Amos Gardner                                        Mary Brock
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Leonard [?name]                                    Mary Edwards
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Oliver Y, Fanell                                        Deborah Brirks
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Bela Townsend                                        Mariah Gardiner
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F P Butterfield                                        Jeibey Delano Jr
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F P Butterfield                                        Jane Delano
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Abram Peterian                                      Sarah L. Ludden
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Mary J. Gardner                                      Catherine C. Jordan
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Rufus Jefferds                                        Parker Gagnes
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Susan Jefferds                                        Harry W Leithman'
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                                                                Joseph Lufkin
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Nancy F. Jefferds                                    Joseph Ricker
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                                                              John G Ricker
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Sopronia White                                      Jurel R Towle
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Eustis W Wheeler                                  Jefferson Hall
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Joseph Wheeler
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Levi Ludden Pence                                Tyler Kidder
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Lydia Ludden                                          John Kidder
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Wm Worcester                                        Laurisa Morrow
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Jamy Worcester                                    Sarah B. Eustis
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Naomi Worcester                                  Emily P. Clark
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Mary A Worcester                                  Elisabeth L. Porter
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Sarah J Worcester
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John B Worcester
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N.B. The above names are from Dixfield with the ex
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ception of 8 or 10 from Paris + Rumford -- 56 in number
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    Those below are all from Mexico -- 64--
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Luthren Stockwell
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Joseph Eustis                                      Esther Stockwell
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Geo Wessilson                                    Catherine Brown
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Wm H WhitmanHylon Walton              Melinda Baker
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Otis Baker                                            Mary M Walton
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Gommer Jenison                                  Eliza F Jenison
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Molly Kimball                                        Eliza Howard
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John Kimball                                        A. Kimball
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Blanhorse[?] Kimball                          Hannah Kimball
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Henry F Dungin                                  Hannah W Kimball
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Haines Eastman                                  Mary Kimball
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Bind Edmund
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Hamiey[?] Wait                                    Lydia Heath
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Elisson Edmunds                                Alis Edmunds
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Hiram Edmunds
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Horatio M Wait                                    Lydia Edmunds
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Darius Mitchel                                    Lucy W Wait
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George Eastman                                Abigail Porter
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Daniel Carter                                      Hannah R Porter
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Jacob Kidder
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Aaron Clark                                        Lucy O Porter
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John W Kimball                                  Sabrina Kidder
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John Goodridge                                Sarah L Gleason
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William M Hull                                    Prath S Brown
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Ebenezer Doren his mark +              Emily F Gleason
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Jojhn G Barnard
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Stephen Barnatrd                              Priscilla Reed
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Ebenezer Harlow                              Lucy Lufkin
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Ephraim Richards                              Jane Barnard
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Subrin[?] King                                  Deborah Harlow
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Joel Wait                                          Hannah Richards
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                                                        Temperance King
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Benjamin Leavitt                              Sarah Eustis
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Jerathameel[?] Hawkes                    Betsey Leavitt
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Gilbert Wait

Latest revision as of 19:54, 28 August 2020

�To the Honorable, the Legislature of the State of Maine

    The undersigned Citizens of Dixfield, Mexico + vicinity in the County of

Oxford Respectfully pray your honorable body, to adopt resolutions declaring:

    1. That Congress has the constitutional Power to abolish slavery and the slave 
 trade, in the District of Columbia.
    2. That it has the constitutional power to abolish therein the several Territories 
 of the Union, where they exist.
    3.That it has the constitutional power to prohibit the slave trade between the 
 several States of the Union.
    4. That, in regard to all these particulars, Congress ought immediately to 
 exercise that power.

We also pray your honorable body, to send a copy of said resolutions to each of

 the Senators and Representatives of this State in

Congress, to be by them laid before that body;--to the Governors of the several

 States, to be by them laid before their respective

legislatures; and to the President of the United States.

    We further pray your honorable body, to instruct the Senators, and request the 
 Representatives, of this State, in Congress, to use

their utmost influence, for the immediate abolition of slavery and the slave trade in

 the District of Columbia, and in those Territories

of the Union where they exist;--and also for the immediate prohibition of the slave

 trade between the several States.

[2 columns of signatures] Henry Furwell Phebe Ludden Penth Wm V. Jandeau Lydia S Seudden Jos S Wheeler Laurinia Brown Joseph Eustis[name lined out] Sluxis Burnham Thebe C Wheeler Mary G Chesley Samuel Burgess Lary S Wheeler William Brock Amos Gardner Mary Brock Leonard [?name] Mary Edwards Oliver Y, Fanell Deborah Brirks Bela Townsend Mariah Gardiner F P Butterfield Jeibey Delano Jr F P Butterfield Jane Delano Abram Peterian Sarah L. Ludden Mary J. Gardner Catherine C. Jordan Rufus Jefferds Parker Gagnes Susan Jefferds Harry W Leithman'

                                                               Joseph Lufkin

Nancy F. Jefferds Joseph Ricker

                                                              John G Ricker

Sopronia White Jurel R Towle Eustis W Wheeler Jefferson Hall Joseph Wheeler Levi Ludden Pence Tyler Kidder Lydia Ludden John Kidder Wm Worcester Laurisa Morrow Jamy Worcester Sarah B. Eustis Naomi Worcester Emily P. Clark Mary A Worcester Elisabeth L. Porter Sarah J Worcester John B Worcester N.B. The above names are from Dixfield with the ex ception of 8 or 10 from Paris + Rumford -- 56 in number

   Those below are all from Mexico -- 64--

Luthren Stockwell Joseph Eustis Esther Stockwell Geo Wessilson Catherine Brown Wm H WhitmanHylon Walton Melinda Baker Otis Baker Mary M Walton Gommer Jenison Eliza F Jenison Molly Kimball Eliza Howard John Kimball A. Kimball Blanhorse[?] Kimball Hannah Kimball Henry F Dungin Hannah W Kimball Haines Eastman Mary Kimball Bind Edmund Hamiey[?] Wait Lydia Heath Elisson Edmunds Alis Edmunds Hiram Edmunds Horatio M Wait Lydia Edmunds Darius Mitchel Lucy W Wait George Eastman Abigail Porter Daniel Carter Hannah R Porter Jacob Kidder Aaron Clark Lucy O Porter John W Kimball Sabrina Kidder John Goodridge Sarah L Gleason William M Hull Prath S Brown Ebenezer Doren his mark + Emily F Gleason Jojhn G Barnard Stephen Barnatrd Priscilla Reed Ebenezer Harlow Lucy Lufkin Ephraim Richards Jane Barnard Subrin[?] King Deborah Harlow Joel Wait Hannah Richards

                                                        Temperance King

Benjamin Leavitt Sarah Eustis Jerathameel[?] Hawkes Betsey Leavitt Gilbert Wait