Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11081, SC1/series 231, Petition of Charles T. Torrey

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858199 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the petition of Stephen Thayer and others; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Charles T. TorreyJehiel Chapell BemanAbel StevensWilliam C. BrownFranklin RandJ. Wesley GriswoldAmos A. PhelpsGeorge BirdSamuel Adams Actions taken on dates: 1841-01-14,1841-02-19,1842-01-25,1842-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 14, 1841 and laid on the table. Received in the Senate on February 19, 1841 and referred to the committee on the petition of Stephen Thayer and others. Received in the Senate on January 25, 1842 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 25, 1842 and concurred Total signatures: 20 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table, received, referred, received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 20 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Boston, Cambridgeport, Dorchester, [unique text] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11081 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.