State of New Hampshire slavery resolution, 1847 June 30
- Collection Name:
- Ephemera Collection - Slavery and Abolition
- Title:
- State of New Hampshire slavery resolution, 1847 June 30
- Creator:
- Treadwell, Thomas P.
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2019.501
- Object ID:
- 2019.501.037
- Date:
- 1847/06/30
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 document ; 9.875" x 7.875"
- Language:
- English
- Scope and Content:
- Copy of a resolution by the New Hampshire General Court calling for the abolition of slavery, stating that it is "a moral, social and political evil", but that they oppose the dissolution of the Union. Dated June 30, 1847, the resolution goes on to state they support the vote of the New Hampshire legislators in Congress on the Wilmot proviso.
- Subjects:
- Resolutions, Legislative , Slavery
- Locations:
- Concord, NH
- People:
- Treadwell, Thomas P. , Norris, Moses, 1799-1855 , Williams, Jared Warner, 1796-1864 , Hibbard, Harry, 1816-1872
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire. General Court. Senate
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- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society collection.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Item
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