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Petition subject: Charles Sumner resolution

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25950396

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Cummington

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Hiram Packard, Goshen

Selected signatures:

1. D.W. Lovell
2. W.L. Reed
3. D.S. Powell
4. Levi Kingman

Actions taken on dates: 1873-03-12

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 12, 1873 and placed on file

Total signatures: 23

Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 23

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: voters, ["citizens"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: To rescind and annul the censure of Charles Sumner for resolution on Civil War battle honors on regimental flags

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1873, H 141 adopted resolutions

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.