House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Henry F. Edes

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935292 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Henry F. EdesEliza NicholsonLeonard FisherEdward GardnerEdward J. PompeyPatience CooperEunice F. RossIsaac AustinDavid JoyGeorge BradburnA.F. Boston [Absalom F. Boston]Ann GardnerLydia Mitchell Total signatures: 121 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 69 Female signatures: 52 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [females of color], [males of color], [\"persons\"], [\"men\"], [\"women\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Basing gender numbers on what the petitions states because the overall number was correct; only document in folder not digitized is petition wrapper Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1840, Docket 788 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.