Senate Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 13056, SC1/series 231, Petition of Ezra Spooner

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858218 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Fairhaven Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Captain John Bunker, Fairhaven, Ms.; Pliny Merrick, Worcester Selected signatures:Ezra SpoonerSarah LawtonLucy DexterNathaniel Hathaway Total signatures: 26 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 Female signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, others, [females], [\"other persons\"] 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: Note on back Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1850, Docket 13056 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.