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John W Hopper
 
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Silos J Dawling
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J G Dickerson
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Thaxton Gardner
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F A Wilson
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Isaac Richards
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James Perkins

Revision as of 23:02, 22 April 2020

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

    The undersigned Inhabitants 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 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 under the heading of Males and Females divided by 2 vertical lines] Males Males Females Stephen H. West George F. Talbot Sally Smith Chason Ch Miles James G Whittman J. H. Talbot Sarah S. Wilson Stephen H. West[name lined out]

                                           George Harris                 Rebecca OB Talbot

John Hathaway U. L. Allan Drucilla W Harris 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 Noony 163 Males M Ellishie Samuel Crosby 136 Females Abigail Duelly Jesse Brown ------ Minoude Folsom Abram McQuillin 299 Mary L Lewis Saml Elsinone Mary L Kenmaston

                                                                                  Rachel M Crosby

Edward McGrath Lucy H Baker James Nelson Phebe A. Watson Stephen T. Foster Lydia Chafond

                                                                                 Hannah Foster

William G Allan Laura Olonis W. S. Talbot Betsey Liddey Josiah Thing Nancy Bryant

                                                                                 Mary Woodruff

John Kenier Elsa Hanscom Edward Foster Comfort Foster Edward H Heswell Mores Elserman[?] Susan Mark Thomas Elliot Ruth Cutler P. F. Folsom Laura Stone Nathl Wilson Martha L. Poor Nathaniel Drew Rebecca G. Barrall Isaac S Huntly Deborah A. Dickins [name illegible] Ruth Honey Jacob Foster Mary Ann Patch Paul Gardner Phebe Hall H S Chase Cordelia Doc John Clift Mary C. Foster

                                                                                Dorisette Foster

Samuel Cates Mary E. Talbot Charles Foster Emily Talbot Ezekiel Rich Mary D. Weston Albert Brown Anna Howe Martin Leighton O. G. Weston Samuel Wheeler Jr. Sarah Libbey Geo. W. Wakefield Penmely Hathaway John Murfy Hannah Hathaway Andrew Foster Mary Hathaway S. H. Chase Isabella Nelson Wm Chace Jr Sarahat M norton Aaron M Chace Hannah Osum John Benn Jr Mary F Norton John M Thellers Sally S Foster Joseph Hoyt Rachel Robinson

                                                                               Abigail Miber[?]

Owen Smith Rachel Yorter Norman . Stone Tammy Foster Ambrose Inam Abigail M Daery P. T. Harris Mary Avery Moses Hanscom Betsey Avery John Babcock Abigail Silley Albert Hall Bamhana Leighton John Doumphy Lucy Right Daniel Hampton Deborah Brown Aaron Greenwood Eliza Rich Sampson Rushton Sarah Scatt Charles Elden Martha Obrien Stephen Sewell Cynthia F Harris

                                                                               Mary Ann Sevey

Gimmabol Demmond Jr Phebe Dwelly Roswell Hitchcock S Tientasen Dom Caster Susan Gooch

                                                                              Lucy E Knox

C. P. Hovey Nancy Gooch C W Foster Sarah Brown James Ceddamb Lydia Hanscom Lame W. Pope Cady Hanscom Atkin Gaelson Lydia P. Johnson J. E. Perry Olive P. Johnson Cynus Sanborn Sarah A Ramsdell William Mark Nancy A Dennison Ovid Barrall Mary Elsemore

                                                                             Cynthia O Pevey

John Barnshell Phebe Sevey P Lane Lydia Sevey Charles Maguire James Badday Eliza Albee Sam Cook Mary Andrews Levi Abbot Thankful Andrews

                                                                             Mary Andrews

Joshua Louny Sara Laurens Warren J Hoog Hannah Dwelly John W Felea Susan Dwelly Silvanus Hanscom Margery Pierce

                                                                             Mary A Pierce

Silas Turner Cynthia Hanscom L A Coak Clarissa Barter Phillip Gale Fanny Cook Lemuel J Avery Drusella Cook Eben Gardner Marian Johnson James Wastay Abigail Gerry John Crowley Frederick Talbot Mary Gerry Chasin Lilley Nathaniel L Hanscom Emily Lasler Longfellow S Heiton Elira Rich

                                                                            Fanny Rich

R W Armstrong Hannah E Sloan Wm Chase Joanna Luce Jeremiah Munson Nancy Whittman John Andover Sally Huntly Peter P Jones Geresh G Avery Edward Elsemore Olive G Thing Alfred Foster Learrinogh Crocker Daniel Huntly Jr Mouny Louny Luther Dwelly Hannah G Sevey James Palmer Betsey Hornraus George, W, Sevey Susan Keller Jonas Piner Deborah Wiswelt James S Baker Eliza Wilson Faber Norton Mary G Talbot Wm Libby Susan Sandborn

                                                                         Ann McGrath

John Brown Lydia Jester John M Sprague Eliza Kilby Frederick Pierce Drusilla West Alfred Hanscom Mary West Isaac Lohman Caroline P. Bryant Joseph Sevey Martha Chase Stephen P Kennorston Lucy S Chase Wm N. Sluson Cynthia F Chase James M Wiswell Lucy Chase John Berry Drusilla Foster Benjamin Copper Delia S Foster John Glewillin Carolin Simpson

                                                                       Sarah R G Simpson
                                                                       Betsey Turner

Ephraim Chase Hannah G Chase Cyrus F West Alice Chase Ebenzr Chase Cyrus W Chase Caleb Long Simeon Thing John Newman James Thompson Alfred Yaiune Christ Huntley Peter McDonald U. L. Hitchcock John A Pope K. T. Trenbryzen Daniel Harrington 2 Earl Woodruff John W Hopper Wm A Crocker Silos J Dawling Simeon H Chase John Pierce J G Dickerson Thaxton Gardner F A Wilson Isaac Richards James Perkins