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Petition subject: Women may be allowed to vote and hold office

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029720

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: West Brookfield

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James M. Stone, Charlestown; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Francis Stone Jr.
2. William B. Stone
3. Phebe C. Stone
4. Mary Arthur
5. Melinda Fry

Actions taken on dates: 1851-03-04

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 4, 1851 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 30

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 12

Female signatures: 12

Unidentified signatures: 6

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: not column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1851, Docket 2712

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.