Senate Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 13056, SC1/series 231, Petition of Newell Sherman

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858216 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Waltham Selected signatures:Newell ShermanCharles KnowltonWilliam Farwell Total signatures: 4 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters 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: Senate Unpassed 1850, Docket 13056 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.