House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 962, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Bassett

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956410 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lynn Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Lynn Selected signatures:William BassettJ. Madison SargentWilliam D. Thompson Total signatures: 391 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 391 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["others"] 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 1841, Docket 962 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.