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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029650

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Stoneham

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis W. Bird, Walpole; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Levi D. Smith
2. Hannah G. Smith
3. Emma Richardson

Actions taken on dates: 1848-03-02

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 2, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 85

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 62

Female signatures: 22

Other male signatures: 1

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], ["others"], ["other persons"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: "For the 1st reason only" by a signature

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2122

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.