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Petition subject: To define rights on railroads

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858172

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Salem

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Wheatland, Salem; committee on that subject; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others

Selected signatures:

1. Philip Chase
2. Joshua Upham
3. Ira A. Brewster
4. William B. Dodge

Actions taken on dates: 1842-02-24

Legislative action: Received in the House and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on Febraury 24, 1842 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 81

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, laid on the table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 81

Female only signatures: No

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: Appears to have a partial address on the back

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057

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.