House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2343, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Lloyd Garrison

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005509 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George W. Greene, Milton; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:William Lloyd GarrisonFrancis JacksonSamuel May Jr.Wendell PhillipsCharles K. WhippleEdmund JacksonDaniel F. ChildWilliam Wells BrownRobert F. WallcutRobert R. CrosbyHenry C. WrightElen M. TarrJohn M. SpearCornelius BramhallJames B. YerrintonHenry P. TraskJoseph NoyesIgnatius SargentHenry J. PrentissHarriet B. HallLucy StoneHelen E. GarrisonCharles H. Duncan Actions taken on dates: 1849-03-01 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 1, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 165 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 86 Female signatures: 26 Other male signatures: 30 Unidentified signatures: 23 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, others, [females], [other males], [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2343 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.