House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of M.B. Clapp

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956359 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:M.B. ClappBenjamin P. RiceAdam D. HullJohn Milton EarleCyrus P. GrosvenorJoseph WallWilliam A. Brown Total signatures: 56 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 56 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [males of color?], [\"citizens\"] 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 1840, Docket 788 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.