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Petition subject: Secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029574

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Sherborn

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward L. Keyes, Dedham

Selected signatures:

1. Amory Babcock
2. Rebecca D. Babcock
3. Eliza D. Babcock

Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-17

Legislative action: Tabeled on February 17, 1847

Total signatures: 27

Legislative action summary: Laid on table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 6

Female signatures: 19

Other male signatures: 2

Female only signatures: No

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

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.