House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2122, SC1/series 230, Petition of James Harlow

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029636 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Bridgewater Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin D. Peck, Mendon and Blackstone; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:James HarlowEdward ConantLewis Holmes Legislative action: Referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 15 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 11 Other male signatures: 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [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 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.