House Unpassed Legislation 1846, Docket 1724, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel D. Wales

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029560 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hopkinton, Milford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the Georgia resolutions Selected signatures:Samuel D. WalesElbridge CheneyJames M. Hayward Actions taken on dates: 1846-03-10,1846-03-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 10, 1846 and referred to the committee on the Georgia resolutions and tabeled on March 10, 1846 Total signatures: 49 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 49 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, [\"others\"], [\"legal voters\"] 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: House Unpassed 1846, Docket 1724 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.