House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of William S. Bennett

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956358 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Wrentham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John A. Craige, Wrentham Selected signatures:William S. BennettHarvey ReedLeonidas Cowell Total signatures: 86 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 86 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [1840 representative] 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.