House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Reuben Locke Jr.

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029599 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Stoneham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Lee, Manchester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Reuben Locke Jr.Sarah Jane StewardMaria Brown Actions taken on dates: 1847-03-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 13, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 33 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 21 Female signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], [\"others\"], [\"non voters\"] 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 1847, Docket 1891 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.