House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2343, SC1/series 230, Petition of Benjamin H. Smith

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029687 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Rockport Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Mr. Samuel J. May, Anti-Slavery Office, No.21 Cornhill; George W. Greene, Milton; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Benjamin H. SmithJohn R. ThurstonJames Griffin Actions taken on dates: 1849-03-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 8, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 9 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 9 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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 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.