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Petition subject: Removal of Edward Greeley Loring

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029742

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Concord

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George M. Brooks, Concord; committee on probate and chancery

Selected signatures:

1. Samuel Barrett
2. Hiram W. Jones
3. Amos Melvin
4. William Whiting
5. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
6. Henry David Thoreau
7. John Thoreau
8. John Brown Jr.
9. Francis Bigelow
10. Peter Hutchinson

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: 58

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 58

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, [males of color], ["others"]

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 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.