House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 963, SC1/series 230, Petition of William H. Sanford

Petition subject: Against the admission of Florida as a slave state Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956417 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boylston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Eli B. Lamson, Boylston; committee on that subject Selected signatures:William H. SanfordHarriet S. SanfordLouisa BrighamMary White Actions taken on dates: 1841-01-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1841 and referred to the committee on that subject Total signatures: 93 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 34 Female signatures: 51 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not 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 1841, Docket 963 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.