House Unpassed Legislation 1858, Senate laid on the table, SC1/series 230, Petition of David Merritt

Petition subject: Removal of Edward Greeley Loring Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029765 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Stephen A. Chase, Salem; committee on probate and chancery Selected signatures:David MerrittBrown EmersonJames W. ThompsonCharlotte FortenJohn Remond Actions taken on dates: 1858-01-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 12, 1858 and referred to the committee on probate and chancery Total signatures: 131 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 103 Female signatures: 17 Other male signatures: 3 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, non voters, clergymen, [females], [females of color], [males of color], [other males], [\"others\"] 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: Top names are circled and labeled as \"clergy men\", Reverend Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1858, laid on the table 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.