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Petition subject: Removal of Edward Greeley Loring

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029736

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Montague

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas E. Glazier, Gardner; committee on probate and chancery

Selected signatures:

1. Asa Merriam
2. Waldo E. Clapp
3. John Edgell

Actions taken on dates: 1858-01-12

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 12, 1858 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery.

Total signatures: 137

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 137

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, voters, ["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.