House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2552, SC1/series 230, Petition of Briggs Arnold

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029697 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Briggs Arnold, East Abington; William P. Corthell, Abington; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Briggs ArnoldIra F. LowellHarriet S. Howland Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 13, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 242 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 134 Female signatures: 88 Other male signatures: 12 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, others, [females], [other males], [\"other persons\"] 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 1850, Docket 2552 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.