Senate Unpassed Legislation 1855, Docket 18373, SC1/series 231, Petition of Hannah Alexander

Petition subject: For the removal of Edward Greeley Loring Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858578 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Thayer, Boston; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Hannah AlexanderSarah HaywardAmy M. RemondSarah P. RemondCharlotte FortenBetsey BlanchardNancy Remond Actions taken on dates: 1855-03-07,1855-03-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 7, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 8, 1855 and concurred Total signatures: 55 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 55 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women of Massachusetts, [females], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [It appears that the legislature made marks next to some signatures and maybe took notes about them on the back of the petition?] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1855, Docket 18373 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.