Senate Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 13056, SC1/series 231, Petition of James Child

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858221 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: West Cambridge Selected signatures:James ChildDorcas W. FarmerSarah E. Cutter Total signatures: 17 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5 Female signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, others, [females] 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: Females not mentioned on front of the petition 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.