Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Austin Flint

Petition subject: To define rights on railroads Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858158 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Leicester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Sargent, Leicester; committee on that subject; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Austin FlintJohn NelsonJosiah Clark Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1842-02-11,1842-02-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 11, 1842 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 12, 1842 and concurred Total signatures: 161 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 129 Other male signatures: 32 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, not voters, [females], [other males] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated 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.