[Petition] To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts

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Label

[Petition] To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts

Creator

• Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Contributor

• Massachusetts, General Court | Senate
• Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861
• Massachusetts, General Court | House of Representatives

Recipient

• Massachusetts, General Court | Senate
• Massachusetts, General Court | House of Representatives

Subject

• Manuscripts
• Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861 -- Correspondence
• Secession -- Massachusetts -- 19th century
• Texas -- Annexation to the United States
• Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Abolitionists -- United States -- 19th century -- Correspondence
• Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 -- Correspondence
• Petitions

Genre

• Correspondence
• Manuscripts
• Petitions

Language

eng

Summary

Draft copy by Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison of petition requesting Massachusetts General Court to secede from the Union in the event of the admission of "the foreign nation of Texas" as a slave state. The petition calls for a convention to be called for the purpose of "framing an independent and free government" for Massachusetts and/or similarly-minded states in the event of Texas' admission to the Union as a slave state

Member of

• Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879)

Cataloging source

BRL

Index

no index present

Literary form

letters

Nature of contents

dictionaries