House Unpassed Legislation 1857, laid on the table (1856), SC1/series 230, Petition of John P. Norton

Petition subject: Equal elective franchise for women Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006377 Date of creation: 1855-11-20 Petition location: Tisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Mayhew, Tisbury Selected signatures:John P. NortonJonathan LuceWilliam C. LuceReuben Adams Actions taken on dates: 1856-03-21 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 21, 1856 and laid on the table Total signatures: 4 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1857, laid on the table (1856) 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.