Report and resolves on the right of petition
Contributors: Alvord, James C., d. 1839.; Morris, Oliver Bliss.; Massachusetts. General Court Senate.
Series: [Documents / General court] Senate ;; no. 86; Senate documents (Massachusetts. General Court (1838). Senate) ;; no. 86.
Publisher: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Published: 1838
Place of publication: [Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Petition, Right of; Slavery -- United States
Other titles: Right of petition.
Notes: Running title: The right of petition.
Report by Joint Special Committee on Memorial of Oliver B. Morris and others (J.C. Alvord, chairman), and on other petitions, requesting the legislature to "Protest against the resolution of Congress of Dec. 21, 1837," which ordered, substantially, that all petitions, memorials, &c., relating to slavery, should be laid upon the table.