House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Amory Babcock

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:Amory BabcockRebecca D. BabcockEliza 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.