Petition

For the repeal of all laws, enacted or adopted by Congress, for the support of Slavery in the District of Columbia.

To the Congress of the UNITED STATES: April 1850

 

The undersigned, citizens and electors of the State of New York residing in DeKalb, in the county of St’ Lawrence, respectfully pray for the repeal of all laws and parts of laws adopted or enacted by Congress, by which Slavery or the Slave trade is authorized or sanctioned in the City of Washington or the District of Columbia; and that in the event of their non-repeal, the seat of the national Government may be removed to some more suitable location.

 

Jonathan Backus                                 H. Godard

Moses Rich                                         Nathan Keyes jr.

James Phelps                                       A. B. Lynde

Solomon C. Judson                             John O’Brien

John Leber                                          P? Hutchins

Albert Bosworth                                  Lewis W. Dimick

A. J. Brown                                         Chas. B. Johnson

Cyrus White                                        David B. Brown

Manfred Reed                                     E. Morton

Luther Colton                                      John A. Brown

E. W. Dow                                          E. H. Phelps

Gilbert Clark                                       Samuel W. Phelps                              

John Hegeboom??                               Ebenezer Eddy

Norm Leach                                        James Baron?

Jabez Bosworth                                   David C. Turner

Benj. Carpenter                                   Elijah Pooler

Wm. G. Denit??                                  Hiram Coon

E. H. Hopkins                                     Joseph Low

Darius Wiser                                       John S. Brown

Marshal Allen                                      Orramel Bishop

William Laughlin                                John C. Rich

Charles Brown                        C. Clark

Orson White                                       M. Barber

David W. Dyer                                    S. S. Baker

Dlano?? Forward                                 A. D. Bennett

Luke W. Forward                                Calvin Marshall

Harvey B. Chase                                 Smith Beebe

Walter G. Forward                              Colens Barnes

James Burnett

A. N. Chandler

Filed in Congress May 28, 1850

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