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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858214

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Northampton

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Amasa Walker, Worcester

Selected signatures:

1. Abel Ross
2. Elisha Hammond
3. Samuel L. Hill
4. Hiram Wells
5. William F. Parker
6. Alfred C. Critchlow

Total signatures: 30

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 20

Other male signatures: 10

Female only signatures: No

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1850, Docket 13056

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.