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Petition subject: Against the gag rule

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956405

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Danvers

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Allen Putnam, Danvers; committee on slavery

Selected signatures:

1. William Endicott
2. James D. Black
3. Alfred R. Porter

Actions taken on dates: 1841-01-15

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 15, 1841 and referred to the committee on slavery.

Total signatures: 22

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 22

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1841, Docket 962

Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.