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Samuel Sevey J. H. Hitchcock | Samuel Sevey J. H. Hitchcock | ||
− | Israel Maury | + | Israel Maury Ann Ellishie |
+ | Samuel Crosby 153 Males Abugail Luelly | ||
+ | Jesse Brown 136 Females Minouk Jolson | ||
+ | Abram McQuillin 299 Mary L Lewis | ||
+ | Saml Elsimone Mary L Henmaston | ||
+ | Edward McGrath Rucket M Crosby | ||
+ | James Nelson Lucy H Baker | ||
+ | Stephen T Foster Phebe A. Watonon | ||
+ | William Gottllim Inoio Chapman | ||
+ | W. O. Talbot Hannah Foster | ||
+ | Josiah Thing Laura Obemis |
Revision as of 16:25, 13 April 2020
�To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of Maine
The undersigned, Inhabit in of East Machias in the County of
Washington. 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 them in 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 Senators and request the Representatives of this State in Congress, to use
their utmost influence, for the immediate abolition of slavery and the sla ve trade in
the District of Columbia; and in these Territories
of the Union where they exist;-- and also for the immediate prohibition of the slave
trade between several states.
[3 columns of signatures]
Males Males Females
Stephen H West George F Talbot Sally Smith Chason Ch Chiles James G Whittman J.H. Talbot Sarah S Nelson [struck out]Stephen H West George Harris Rebecca OB Talbot John Hathaway N L Allen Drucilla W Hamm Peter Talbot Adam Johnson Mrs Apphia Foster Otis Wilson Jacob Veazie Apphia Foster George H Avery Samuel Foster Mary Harmon Samuel Sevey J. H. Hitchcock Israel Maury Ann Ellishie Samuel Crosby 153 Males Abugail Luelly Jesse Brown 136 Females Minouk Jolson Abram McQuillin 299 Mary L Lewis Saml Elsimone Mary L Henmaston Edward McGrath Rucket M Crosby James Nelson Lucy H Baker Stephen T Foster Phebe A. Watonon William Gottllim Inoio Chapman W. O. Talbot Hannah Foster Josiah Thing Laura Obemis