House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of John Schouler

<p>Petition subject: Secession from the Union </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029606">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029606</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: West Cambridge </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward L. Keyes, Dedham; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John Schouler</li><li>Mary C. Fisk</li><li>Joseph L. Perry</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-23 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 23, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 32 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 15 </p> <p>Female signatures: 13 </p> <p>Other male signatures: 4 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], [other males], ["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>Signatory column format: column separated </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 1847, Docket 1891 </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>