House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Jane H. Hews

<p>Petition subject: Against the gag rule </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956370">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956370</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Haverhill </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alfred Kittredge, Haverhill </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Jane H. Hews</li><li>Matilda G. Webster</li><li>Abby R. Gage</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 38 </p> <p>Female signatures: 38 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["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>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: [1841 representative] </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>