House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1289, SC1/series 230, Petition of E. Farnsworth

Petition subject: Great Massachusetts Petition Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029546 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Heath Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ephraim Hastings; committee on petitions of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:E. FarnsworthRodolphus WhiteAbigail WhiteMary A. LeavittMary M. LeavittHart Leavitt Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-26,1843-01-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 26, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 27, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 235 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 87 Female signatures: 119 Unidentified signatures: 29 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [\"others\"], [\"inhabitants\"] 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 Additional archivist notes: George Latimer; note on back, includes portion of \"The Latimer Journal, and North Star, -- Extra. Freemen of Massachusetts\" with resolutions, important directions on petitions Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1289 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.