Senate Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 13056, SC1/series 231, Petition of Josiah Henshaw

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858225 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: West Brookfield Selected signatures:Josiah HenshawJohn M. FiskMary WoodisHarriet StoneHannah StoneFrancis StoneFrancis Stone Jr. Total signatures: 278 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 152 Female signatures: 113 Other male signatures: 6 Unidentified signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, others, [females], [other males], ["other residents"] 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: described as majority of legal voters 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.