House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2552, SC1/series 230, Petition of Francis Jackson

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029696 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Albert Tolman, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Francis JacksonWilliam Lloyd GarrisonEdmund QuincyWendell PhillipsWilliam I. BowditchJohn RogersEdmund JacksonCharles F. HoveyCharles K. WhippleSamuel May Jr.John M. SpearRobert F. WallcutBourne Spooner Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-20 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary and leave to withdraw Total signatures: 13 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, leave to withdraw Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 13 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: petitioners for a Convention of the People of this Commonwealth to devise measures for a peaceful Secession of Massachusetts from the Union, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Remonstrance against the action of the House on their petition; Samuel Philbrick signature crossed out Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2552 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.