Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Abigail Johnson

Petition subject: To define rights on railroads Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858147 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lynn Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Lynn; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Abigail JohnsonLydia WhitakerMaria Baker Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the House and referred to the committee on that subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 25, 1842 and concurred Total signatures: 318 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 318 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females] 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: 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.