Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of Warren Hallet

Petition subject: To protect rights and liberties of Commonwealth inhabitants Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858374 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Barnstable Selected signatures:Warren HalletHiram BearseCaroline Bearse Total signatures: 390 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 264 Female signatures: 111 Other male signatures: 3 Unidentified signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, [females], [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: Hiram Bearse was sent the circular, but Warren Hallet listed as lead petitioner on the front; on the back of one petition, it states: \"This [?] is from Centerville and Oyterville. Hiram Bearse will send petitions with most all the legal voters having got them at a town meeting, Austin Bearse.\" Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1851, Docket 13162 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.