House Unpassed Legislation 1874, committee on federal relations - inexpedient to legislate, SC1/series 230, Petition of John Greenleaf Whittier

Petition subject: Charles Sumner resolution Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763630 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Amesbury, Salisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph M. Eaton, Salisbury; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:John Greenleaf WhittierGeorge TurnerJames W. BriggsW.H.B. CurrierDaniel B. JonesWilliam Allen Actions taken on dates: 1874-01-21,1874-01-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1874 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 22, 1874 and concurred Total signatures: 126 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 126 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["six officers in the late Union army"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Includes occupations, military statuses next to signatures, veterans, soldiers, To rescind and annul the censure of Charles Sumner for resolution on Civil War battle honors on regimental flags Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1874, committee on federal relations - inexpedient to legislate 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.