Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Ziba Torrey

Petition subject: To define rights on railroads Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858130 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Selected signatures:Ziba TorreyAlice MakinsPolly M. Wheeler Total signatures: 73 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 27 Female signatures: 41 Unidentified signatures: 5 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: Maria Weston Chapman signature on the back, appears that she sent the printed text; lead signature moved up on the petition 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.