Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Joseph Bates

Petition subject: To define rights on railroads Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858182 Date of creation: 1842-02-01 Petition location: Fairhaven Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jones Robinson, Fairhaven Selected signatures:Joseph BatesJohn WoodSilas Delano Total signatures: 55 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 55 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057 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.