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Petition subject: Against the gag rule

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956370

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Haverhill

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alfred Kittredge, Haverhill

Selected signatures:

1. Jane H. Hews
2. Matilda G. Webster
3. Abby R. Gage

Total signatures: 38

Female signatures: 38

Female only signatures: Yes

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: [1841 representative]

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.