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Petition subject: For the removal of Edward Greeley Loring

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858608

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Florence, Northampton

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Oliver Warner, Northampton; committee on federal relations

Selected signatures:

1. Eliza P. Hammond
2. Hattie B. Hubbard
3. Sarah Jewett
4. Sarah Bagley
5. Sojourner Truth

Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-07,1855-02-08

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

Total signatures: 75

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

Female signatures: 75

Female only signatures: Yes

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

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: 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.