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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029624

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Newburyport

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Richard Plumer
2. Joseph W. Butler
3. William Ashby Jr.
4. John T. Page
5. Samuel F. Towle

Actions taken on dates: 1848-03-16

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 16, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 11

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 11

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, ["others"]

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 1848, Docket 2122

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.