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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029602

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Worcester

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alexander H. Bullock, Worcester; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Cyrus Bliss
2. Willard Sanders
3. Samuel Templeton
4. Gerry Valentine
5. William H. Walker

Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-22

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 22, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 171

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 171

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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.