House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 962, SC1/series 230, Petition of Sarah Chapman

<p>Petition subject: Against the gag rule </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956409">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956409</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Sarah Chapman</li><li>Mary G. Chapman</li><li>Olive Twombley</li><li>Huldah Stackpole</li><li>Sophia Kingsbury</li><li>Eliza Gardner</li><li>Mary Kelly</li><li>Eliza Dodge</li><li>Mary C. Blanchard</li><li>Nancy Ball</li><li>Rachel Washington</li><li>Clarissa S. Johnson</li><li>Lydia W. Snowden</li><li>Chloe Smith</li><li>Cathrine Hall</li><li>Lavinia Hilton</li><li>Phebe Ball</li><li>Mary Loring</li><li>Louisa Loring</li><li>Henrietta Sargent</li><li>Catharine Sargent</li><li>Caroline Weston</li><li>Maria Weston Chapman</li><li>Mary A.W. Johnson</li><li>Anne R. Southwick</li><li>Anne Warren Weston</li><li>Thankful Southwick</li><li>Zilpha W. Harlow</li><li>Susan Paul</li><li>Catherine Paul</li><li>Eunice R. Davis</li><li>Lavinia Hilton</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 655 </p> <p>Female signatures: 655 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females], [females of color], ["others"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Needs conservation; appears to have duplicate signatures, such as Lavinia Hilton </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1841, Docket 962 </p> <p>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.</p>