House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Robert B. Baynes

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956357 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Robert B. BaynesIsaac AustinCharlotte AustinMary B. MacyGeorge GardnerAnn GardnerA.F. Boston [Absalom F. Boston]Lydia Mitchell Total signatures: 156 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 33 Female signatures: 115 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [males of color], [\"men\"], [\"women\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents 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.