House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1891, SC1/series 230, Petition of George W. Estes

Petition subject: Secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029571 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Abraham H. Howland, New Bedford Selected signatures:George W. EstesDavid RicketsonJohn C. HartNathaniel A. Borden Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 17, 1847 and tabeled Total signatures: 182 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 105 Female signatures: 42 Other male signatures: 29 Unidentified signatures: 6 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [females], [males of color], [females of color], [other males], ["non voters"] 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: Signature numbers different from front of petition 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.