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

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029648 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Concord Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis W. Bird, Walpole; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:William WhitingFrancis BigelowSamuel BarrettSarah WheelerAmos Bronson AlcottJohn ThoreauAbby AlcottAnna AlcottLouisa May AlcottLidian EmersonCynthia ThoreauHelen Thoreau Actions taken on dates: 1848-03-02 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 2, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 49 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 Female signatures: 35 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], [\"others\"], [\"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 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.