House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2122, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Poor

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029659 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Andover Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis W. Bird, Walpole; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:William PoorLeonard ShattuckMary F. Shattuck Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 8, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 13 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 12 Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not 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 1848, Docket 2122 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.