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Petition subject: Removal of Edward Greeley Loring

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029826

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Chesterfield, Worthington, Huntington

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Amasa Walker, North Brookfield; committee on probate and chancery

Selected signatures:

1. Asa Merritt
2. Clarissa H. Merritt
3. William Higgins

Actions taken on dates: 1858-01-13

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 13, 1858 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery

Total signatures: 37

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 22

Female signatures: 9

Other male signatures: 4

Unidentified signatures: 2

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, voters, non voters, [females], [other males], ["others"]

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 1858, laid on the table

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.