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Petition subject: To protect Senators and Representatives at the Capitol in Washington D.C. from personal violence

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006379

Date of creation: 1856-05

Petition location: Haverhill

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Taggart, Haverhill

Selected signatures:

1. A.M. Coburn
2. James E. Ames
3. Daniel Palmer

Actions taken on dates: 1856-05-30

Legislative action: Received in the House on May 30, 1856 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 82

Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 82

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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 1857, laid on the table (1856)

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.