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House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Matilda G. Webster

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Title House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Matilda G. Webster
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9R59Q
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

Petition subject: Against the gag rule

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956338

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Haverhill

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket

Selected signatures:

  1. Matilda G. Webster
  2. Harriet Minot
  3. Ann W. Folsom

Total signatures: 91

Female signatures: 91

Female only signatures: Yes

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

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 1840, Docket 788

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.


 
Subject Social Sciences
Printed
George Bradburn, Nantucket
Ann W. Folsom
Harriet Minot
Matilda G. Webster
females
ladies
women
Yes
91
91