House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 2712, SC1/series 230, Petition of Jonathan Drake

Petition subject: Women may be allowed to vote and hold office Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029717 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Leominster Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James M. Stone, Charlestown; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Jonathan DrakeFrances H. DrakeMariana Durant Actions taken on dates: 1851-03-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 4, 1851 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 30 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 13 Female signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, non voters, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1851, Docket 2712 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.