Black History
1837 Congress Imprint: “Remonstrance of the Grand Jury of Washington County...In respect to Petitions to Congress for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia.”
January 17, 1837-Dated, 24th Congress, 2nd Session Imprint titled, “Remonstrance of the Grand Jury of Washington County...In respect to Petitions to Congress for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia.”, Printed by Gales & Seaton, Choice Extremely Fine.
This very rare original Imprint measures 5.25” x 8.75”, has 4 pages, District of Columbia, is a report to Congress in respect to the petitions for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia. The Imprint reads, in part:

“The undersigned, Jurors of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, with feelings of deep mortification and unfeigned regret, are constrained to make the present remonstrance to Congress on a subject not only affecting the pecuniary interests of a considerable number of the people of this District, but, what is of much greater importance, the peace and tranquillity of the whole federal community.”

In short, the Grand Jury sends their regret that it would not be wise to end Slavery in Washington, DC at the present time. Each individual member of the Grand Jury is listed at the end of this decision. A most important, historic and foundational decision in American Black History regarding Slavery in the Washington!