House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Cyrus Bliss

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029602 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alexander H. Bullock, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Cyrus BlissWillard SandersSamuel TempletonGerry ValentineWilliam H. Walker Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 22, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 171 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 171 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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 1847, Docket 1891 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.