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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 Neiurish Bauer Ladies Names
Lynas Wendling
Allen Greely Joseph Wendling Eunice L. S. Greely John Turner Lewis French Persis Thayer Charles French John Dresser Persis Thayer Junior Kant Brigg John Eibell Abigail Talbot Jr William Burrell Sabastian Eibell Abigail Talbot Jona. B. Barrell Hermann Storch Philena Hathaway Chandler Bradford Sr Ichabod Leavitt Esther Talbot Edward S Reynolds Philip True Lurana Barrell Loring Copeland Lydia Talbot
Joan Waterman
Eli Hathaway Lois Cary Azor Barrell Mary Ann Conant William Cary Clara Cary Justin Conant Temperance Cary Ezra Cary Jr Huldah Barrell Salmon Cary Jr Nabby Barrell Thor G Newhall Mariah Cary S, H, Newhall Alma Cary
Huldah Cary
Daniel Cary Phebe Briggs Elvira Bradford Wm Bradford Betsey Briggs Susan Dresser
Josephine M Briggs Martha Dresser
Olsen Whitman Phebe Briggs Jr Sarah Dresser Isaac W Talbot Asenath M Seasitt Nancy French Emery Talbot Cynthia Newhall Hannah French Daniel Dresser Sarah French Luther Cary Juliaann French Elijah H Dresser Salma Wendling Lynus Dresser Magdalena Wendling Elijah Dresser Jane Wood Ignas Wendling