House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of David P. Perkins

<p>Petition subject: Against the gag rule </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956355">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956355</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Gloucester </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George H. Smith, Salem </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>David P. Perkins</li><li>Benjamin Knight</li><li>William P. Burns</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 43 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 43 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: legal voters </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1840, Docket 788 </p> <p>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.</p>