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�To the Honorable, the Legislature of the State of Maine
The undersigned Inhabitants of Turner County of Oxford 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.
[3 columns of signatures separated by 2 vertical lines]
Gentlemen's Names Heinrick Bauer Ladies Names
Lynas Wendling
Allen Greely Josiah Wnedling Eunice T. S. Greely John Turner Lewis French Pensir Thayer Charles French John Dresser Persis Thayer Junier Hant Brigg John Eibell Abigail Talbot Jr. William Barrell Sabastian Eibell Abigail Talbot Jona. B. Barrell Philena Hathaway Chandler Bradford Sr Herman Storch Esther Talbot Edward S Reynolds Ichabod Leevitt Lurana Barrell Loring Copeland Philip True Lydia Talbot
Lian Waterman
Eli Hathaway Lois Cary Azor Barrell Mary Ann Conant William Cary Clara Cary Justin Conant Temperance Cary Esau Cary Jr Huldah Barrell Salmon Cary Nabby Barrell Thos G Newhall Alma Cary G, H, Newhall Nuldah Cary Daniel Cary Phebe Briggs Elvira Bradford Wm Bradford Betsey Briggs Susan Dresser
Josephine M Briggs Martha Dresser
Orsen Whitman Phebe Briggs Jr. Sarah Dresser Isaac W Talbot Asenath M. Seasitt Nancy French Emery Talbot Cynthia Newhall Hannah French Danial Dresser Sarah French Suthor Cary Juliaann French Elijah H. Dresser Salma Wendling Lynus Dresser Magdalena Wendling Elijah Dresser Jane Wood Ignas Wendling