House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Joseph Baker II

<p>Petition subject: Secession from the Union </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029569">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029569</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Harwich </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Cyrus Weeks, Harwich </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Joseph Baker II</li><li>Abner L. Chase</li><li>Loring Moody</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 6 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 6 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1891 </p> <p>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.</p>