House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2122, SC1/series 230, Petition of Daniel Ricketson

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029643 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Selected signatures:Daniel RicketsonJohn BaileyMary Ann IsraelDavid W. RugglesNathaniel A. Borden Total signatures: 70 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 49 Female signatures: 17 Other male signatures: 3 Unidentified signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], [females of color], [males of color], [other males], ["non voters"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: 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 1848, Docket 2122 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.