House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 962, SC1/series 230, Petition of Nancy Smith

<p>Petition subject: Against the gag rule </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956411">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956411</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Lynn </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Lynn </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Nancy Smith</li><li>Lucy Ingalls</li><li>Betsey Philips</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 551 </p> <p>Female signatures: 551 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females] </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 </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>