House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of Trowbridge Brigham

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029598 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Southborough Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Webster Johnson, Southborough; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Trowbridge BrighamJohn L. WhitingMarshall Fay Actions taken on dates: 1847-03-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 12, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 74 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 74 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, 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 1847, Docket 1891 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.