House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Joshua Leavitt

<p>Petition subject: Against secession from the Union </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029566">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029566</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1847-02 </p> <p>Petition location: Massachusetts </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Franklin Poole, Reading; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Joshua Leavitt</li><li>Hiram Cummings</li><li>Curtis C. Nichols</li><li>George Minot</li><li>Samuel E. Sewall</li><li>Asa D. Hatch</li><li>John Burbank</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-09,1847-02-20 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1847 and tabeled and received in the House on February 20, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 14 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table, received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["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: To print names and residences of all signers asking for the dissolution of the Union </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1891 </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>