Passed Resolves; Resolves 1837, c.75, SC1/series 228, Petition of James T. Woodbury

Petition subject: Gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10456121 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Acton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathan Brooks, Acton; committee on slavery Selected signatures:James T. WoodburyLuther B. JonesEbenezer Davis Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 14, 1837 and referred to the committee on slavery Total signatures: 28 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 28 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, voters, [\"legal voters\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Reverend Woodbury Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1837, c.75, passed April 12, 1837 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.