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Petition of Andrew Jackson for relief from the whiskey tax
02/12/1803
Petition of citizens of Minnesota praying for a grant of land for the establishment of a telegraph from St. Paul, to the telegraphic lines south and east
5/21/1850
Petition of Margaret L. Gittings in the Fugitive Slave Petition Book
9/18/1850 - 5/18/1854
Petition of Ohioans to the Senate and House of Representatives Regarding Land Sale Policy
1/10/1810
Petition of Richard Emory in the Fugitive Slave Petition Book
ca. 1850
Petition from Philadelphia Women to Secretary of War Stanton
7/29/1862
Petition for Universal Suffrage
1/29/1866
Petition to the Senate Regarding the Red Cross from Clara Barton
ca. 1890s
Petition to the House of Representatives from Inventors Opposing Changes to Patent Laws
ca. 1861
Petition Regarding Congressional Representation
ca. 1844
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