House Unpassed Legislation 1846, Docket 1724, SC1/series 230, Petition of Francis Jackson

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029565 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry Wilson, Natick; committee on the Georgia resolutions Selected signatures:Francis JacksonWilliam Lloyd GarrisonLoring MoodyIgnatius SargentWendell PhillipsCharles K. WhippleEdmund JacksonHenry I. BowditchCharles SpearThomas Wentworth HigginsonJonathan WalkerJohn M. SpearFrederick S. CabotWilliam C. NellCharles Lenox RemondGeorge W. PierceJohn AllenRobert R. CrosbyAmos Bronson AlcottJohn O. BurleighWilliam P. AtkinsonWilliam W. MarjoramHenry W. Williams Actions taken on dates: 1846-02-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 27, 1846 and referred to the committee on the Georgia resolutions and tabeled Total signatures: 34 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 34 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Boston, Gloucester, Chelsea, Salem, Brook Farm Phalanx, Concord, Grafton, North Roxbury Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1846, Docket 1724 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.