Senate Unpassed Legislation 1837, Docket 10074, SC1/series 231, Petition of Amos Farnsworth

<p>Petition subject: Against the gag rule </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148866">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148866</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Groton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Leonard M. Parker, Middlesex; several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Amos Farnsworth</li><li>Luther Bontell</li><li>Joseph D. Blood</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-13,1837-02-22,1837-02-23,1837-03-25 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 13, 1837 and referred to a committee and resolutions on February 22, 1837 and received in the Senate on February 23, 1837 and read and ordered to be printed wth the memorial and assigned for consideration on March 25, 1837 </p> <p>Total signatures: 49 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, resolutions, received, read and ordered to be printed, assigned for consideration </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 49 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1837, Docket 10074 </p> <p>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.</p>