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Petition subject: To define rights on railroads

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858184

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Mashpee

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John B. Dillingham, Sandwich; committee on the subject

Selected signatures:

1. Cynthia Attaquin
2. Mary Amos
3. Achsah R. Jones

Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-22,1842-01-24

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 22, 1842 and referred to the committee on the subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 24, 1842 and concurred

Total signatures: 14

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

Females of color signatures: 14

Female only signatures: Yes

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

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 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.