House Unpassed Legislation 1873, H 141 adopted resolutions, SC1/series 230, Petition of John A. Douglass

Petition subject: Charles Sumner resolution Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25950466 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Amesbury, Salisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Richard F. Briggs, Amesbury Selected signatures:John A. DouglassCharles E. OsgoodJames W. GoodrichJ.A. GreelyEdward CarpenterF.E. HodgeH.G. LeslieJohn HumeJames Squires Actions taken on dates: 1873-03-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 10, 1873 and placed on file Total signatures: 105 Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 105 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["officers in the service of the Union"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: soldiers, veterans, military, Civil War, To rescind and annul the censure of Charles Sumner for resolution on Civil War battle honors on regimental flags Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1873, H 141 adopted resolutions 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.