Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of Abel Fearing

Petition subject: To protect rights and liberties of Commonwealth inhabitants Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858394 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hingham Selected signatures:Abel FearingBenjamin S. WhitingCharles ShuteCaleb StoddardCharles WhitonWilliam S. TowerLucy J. CushingNancy SpragueHarriet S. GardnerLucy ChipmanLydia D. JacobJudith WilderHannah LeavittSarah BurbankRhoda Beal Total signatures: 115 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 78 Female signatures: 32 Other male signatures: 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], ["voters"], ["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 Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1851, Docket 13162 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.