Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11081, SC1/series 231, Petition of Mary F.Q. French

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381151 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Amesbury, Salisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William B. Duggan, Quincy Selected signatures:Mary F.Q. FrenchMargaret B. ThimballLydia A. MorrillDolly WhitcombMary B. SargentAbigail WhittierE.H. Whittier [Elizabeth H. Whittier] Total signatures: 102 Female signatures: 102 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: [unique text; French led a petition for women's suffrage, presented to House on January 25, 1884] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11081 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.