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Petition subject: Removal of Edward Greeley Loring

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029819

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: South Danvers

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Richard Smith, South Danvers; joint special committee on that subject

Selected signatures:

1. E.F. Burnham
2. Samuel Farnsworth
3. Asa P. Stone
4. Perley King

Actions taken on dates: 1858-02-08,1858-02-10

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 10, 1858 and laid on the table and received in the House on February 8, 1858 and referred to the joint special committee on that subject and sent for concurrence

Total signatures: 71

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

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 71

Female only signatures: No

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

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: House Unpassed 1858, laid on the table

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.