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Petition subject: For the removal of Edward Greeley Loring

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858578

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Salem

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Thayer, Boston; committee on federal relations

Selected signatures:

1. Hannah Alexander
2. Sarah Hayward
3. Amy M. Remond
4. Sarah P. Remond
5. Charlotte Forten
6. Betsey Blanchard
7. Nancy Remond

Actions taken on dates: 1855-03-07,1855-03-08

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 7, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 8, 1855 and concurred

Total signatures: 55

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred

Female signatures: 55

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women of Massachusetts, [females], [females of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: [It appears that the legislature made marks next to some signatures and maybe took notes about them on the back of the petition?]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1855, Docket 18373

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.