The joint special committee on slavery, to whom were referred an order of Feb. 6, 1840, instructing them to consider what action, if any, it is expedient for this Legislature to take in relation to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives in Congress, as one of its standing rules, on the 28th of January, 1840, and also the petition of E.W. Gardner and sixty others, of Nantucket, praying the Legislature to protest against the said resolution as a violation of the Constitution of these United States, together with various other petitions of the same import, have taken the subject into consideration, and ask leave to report the following resolves.
1840
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The joint special committee on slavery, to whom were referred an order of Feb. 6, 1840, instructing them to consider what action, if any, it is expedient for this Legislature to take in relation to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives in Congress, as one of its standing rules, on the 28th of January, 1840, and also the petition of E.W. Gardner and sixty others, of Nantucket, praying the Legislature to protest against the said resolution as a violation of the Constitution of these United States, together with various other petitions of the same import, have taken the subject into consideration, and ask leave to report the following resolves.
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[Boston, Massachusetts?] : [publisher not identified], [1840]
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At head of title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House, March 6, 1840
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Right of petition (March, 1840)
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Committee report, signed by George Bradburn, and resolutions entitled "Resolves concerning the denial by the United States House of Representatives of the right of petition." The issue addressed is a resolution of the United States House of Representatives that indicates "no petition, memorial, resolution, or other paper, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, or any state or territory, on the slave trade between the states or territories of the United States in which it now exists, shall be received by the House, or entertained in any way whatever." (Page 2).
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Online resource; title from PDF first lines of text (LLMC Digital, viewed January 24, 2024).
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Resolves concerning the denial by the United States House of Representatives of the right of petition.
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