House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Nathaniel H. Whiting

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956345 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Cushing Selected signatures:Nathaniel H. WhitingDavid CushingElias Shaw Total signatures: 181 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 181 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["legal voters"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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.