Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9794, SC1/series 231, Petition of Bryant Newcomb

<p>Petition subject: Against the resolutions to suppress abolitionist societies and publications </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857828">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857828</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Braintree </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Richards, Braintree; committee who have that subject under consideration </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Bryant Newcomb</li><li>Samuel Newcomb</li><li>Jonathan Pratt Jr.</li></ol> </p> <p>Legislative action: Referenced to the committee who have that subject under consideration </p> <p>Total signatures: 27 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Referenced </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 27 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] </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: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9794 </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>