Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Josiah Macy

Petition subject: To define rights on railroads Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858142 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Joy, Nantucket Selected signatures:Josiah MacyPeleg FolgerThomas RandGeorge GardnerGeorge CoffinDavid HuntingtonJane HewesLewis GreenArthur CooperDavid JoyIsaac AustinWesley BerryAnna GardnerEdward J. PompeyFreeman ShermanEunice F. RossGeorge BradburnAnn GardnerMartha MitchellJames PlatoMaria CooperJames RossCaroline Pompey Total signatures: 158 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 69 Female signatures: 69 Unidentified signatures: 20 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [males of color], [females of color], ["persons"], ["men"], ["women"], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057 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.