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�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