Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of John G. Sargent

Petition subject: To define rights on railroads Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858135 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Amesbury, Salisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Appleton Howe, Norfolk; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:John G. SargentJames CampellJohn GrahamJohn Greenleaf Whittier Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-25,1842-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 25, 1842 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 25, 1842 and concurred Total signatures: 76 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 76 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057 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.