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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029656

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Leominster

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

Selected signatures:

1. Jonathan Drake
2. Frances H. Drake
3. Hannah C. Field

Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-08

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 8, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 268

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 207

Female signatures: 51

Other male signatures: 7

Unidentified signatures: 3

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, non voters, [females], [other males], ["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

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.