House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel Reed

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005501 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society; Jenkins Lane, Abington Selected signatures:Samuel ReedSally H. PoolMicah H. Pool Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-06 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 6, 1847 and laid on the table Total signatures: 371 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 173 Female signatures: 163 Other male signatures: 29 Unidentified signatures: 6 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, all others, [females], [other males], ["others"], ["legal voters"], ["non voters"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1891 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.