House Unpassed Legislation 1858, referred to special committee on voter qualifications, SC1/series 230, Petition of Elbridge G. Denham

Petition subject: Equal elective franchise for women Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006385 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel U. Johnson, Abington; joint special committee on the qualifications of voters Selected signatures:Elbridge G. DenhamHarriett DenhamWatson Bates Actions taken on dates: 1858-02-10,1858-02-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 10, 1858 and referred to the joint special committee on the qualifications of voters and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 11, 1858 and concurred Total signatures: 85 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 32 Female signatures: 52 Other male signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, non voters, [females], [other males], ["men and women"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage, [includes reports and resolves] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1858, referred to special committee on voter qualifications 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.