House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Lewis Sanger

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956362 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Waltham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Lewis SangerSarah E. SmithEliza J. York Total signatures: 117 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 60 Female signatures: 57 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, men, women, [females], ["male"], ["female"] 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 1840, Docket 788 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.