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Petition subject: Equal elective franchise for women

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006377

Date of creation: 1855-11-20

Petition location: Tisbury

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Mayhew, Tisbury

Selected signatures:

1. John P. Norton
2. Jonathan Luce
3. William C. Luce
4. Reuben Adams

Actions taken on dates: 1856-03-21

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 21, 1856 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 4

Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1857, laid on the table (1856)

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.