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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029595

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Essex

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Pratt, Reading; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Warren Lane
2. William Burnham
3. Abigail Burnham

Actions taken on dates: 1847-03-18

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 18, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 42

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 31

Female signatures: 11

Female only signatures: No

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

Additional archivist notes: Not sure on last name

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1891

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.