House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2122, SC1/series 230, Petition of Elkanah Nickerson Jr.

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029651 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Harwich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dwight Bisco, Leicester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Elkanah Nickerson Jr.Joshua G. ChaseNancy C. Berry Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-16 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 16, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 65 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 64 Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, voters, other, [females], [\"other person\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated 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 1848, Docket 2122 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.