Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Caroline Wilkie

<p>Petition subject: To define rights on railroads </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858127">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858127</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: South Wilbraham </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Loring Moody, Harwich; committee on that subject </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Caroline Wilkie</li><li>Martha P. West</li><li>Sarah Stebbins</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 90 </p> <p>Female signatures: 90 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women residents, [females], ["women"] </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>Additional archivist notes: Wrapper describes Mary Putnam petition against law, but this is not included in this docket or in the Senate Unpassed collection </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057 </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>