House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2343, SC1/series 230, Petition of Elbridge Sprague

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029691 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Briggs Arnold, East Abington; Zenas Jenkins II, Abington; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Elbridge SpragueDaniel ShawRachel Shaw Actions taken on dates: 1849-03-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 14, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 238 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 123 Female signatures: 88 Other male signatures: 15 Unidentified signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, others, [females], [other males], [\"other persons\"] 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: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2343 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.