House Unpassed Legislation 1846, Docket 1724, SC1/series 230, Petition of Daniel Otis

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029564 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Scituate Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Otis, South Scituate; John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Daniel OtisThomas GardnerFlorence Robbins Actions taken on dates: 1846-02-03,1846-03-03 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 3, 1846 and referred to the committee on the judiciary and tabeled on March 3, 1846 Total signatures: 32 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 32 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: "Primus, a colored man" Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1846, Docket 1724 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.