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MSA SC 6113-1-1
Collection	Friends of the Maryland State Archives Manuscript Collection
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Dates	1861/05/06
Medium	original
Restrictions	Do not circulate; Contact Special Collections for access
Storage	Contact the Department of Special Collections for location.
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Four Petitions affixed to each other. "To the Honorable the General Assembly of Maryland, Now in Extra Session in the City of Frederick," circa May 6, 1861, with over 200 signatures of union-leaning Washington County, Maryland, citizens protesting against the secret sessions of the Maryland General Assembly being held in Frederick. These petitioners also protest the passage of laws establishing committees of safety. The printed petitions are affixed to each other by glue and wax, forming one scroll measuring 8" x 93" [7' 9"]. The Maryland Senate received these petitions on May 6, 1861, as published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Senate of the State of Maryland (1861). Stains and some discolorations exist.

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