Senate Unpassed Legislation 1855, Docket 18373, SC1/series 231, Petition of John Simpson

Petition subject: For the removal of Edward Greeley Loring Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858526 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lowell Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry Phelps Jr., Lowell; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:John SimpsonCharles A. BrownJoseph Marshall Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-21 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 21, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 51 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 40 Other male signatures: 11 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, non voters, [other males], [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: The petition handwriting appears to be William C. Nell's 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.