House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 788, SC1/series 230, Petition of Joseph Holmes

Petition subject: Against the gag rule Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956366 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Easton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jonathan Pratt, Easton Selected signatures:Joseph HolmesRufus WillisHenry R. Healy Total signatures: 150 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 150 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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 1840, Docket 788 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.