House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 2712, SC1/series 230, Petition of Dana Smith

Petition subject: Women may be allowed to vote and hold office Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029719 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Rebecca Pool, East Abington; John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Dana SmithAbigail S. TurnerDavid Pool Actions taken on dates: 1851-03-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 11, 1851 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 146 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 51 Female signatures: 59 Unidentified signatures: 36 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["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 Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1851, Docket 2712 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.