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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029599

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Stoneham

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Lee, Manchester; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Reuben Locke Jr.
2. Sarah Jane Steward
3. Maria Brown

Actions taken on dates: 1847-03-13

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 13, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 33

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 21

Female signatures: 12

Female only signatures: No

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

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 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.