Petition subject: Request to use chamber Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006384 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Amasa Walker, North Brookfield; committee on public buildings Selected signatures:Francis JacksonSamuel May Jr.Robert F. Wallcut Actions taken on dates: 1858-01-27,1858-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 27, 1858 and referred to the committee on public buildings and on January 28, 1858, had leave to withdraw Total signatures: 3 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, leave to withdraw Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, president, secretaries Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Resvolve mentions giving seats to ladies; Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, hall, House of Representatives Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1858, leave to withdraw 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.

With this mapping application, users can click anywhere within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to find the elevation at that location in both meters and feet. The elevation data digital elevation model (DEM), in integer units, are derived from statewide Lidar (2013-2021) Terrain Data. The Vertical Datum of the lidar data used to create the DEM is NAVD88 – Geoid18 (m).

The map displays a tile service that shows the DEM using a custom color ramp along with Lidar-derived shaded relief image. The symbology was created by MassGIS staff in ArcGIS Pro using the 'multiply' layer blending option. At medium and large scales the MassGIS Map Features for Imagery tile layer displays atop the imagery.Click the "i" button in the lower left to view a legend.This application is hosted by MassGIS at ArcGIS Online.

Petition subject: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909123 Date of creation: 1782 Selected signatures:Samuel TuftsEdward HuntNathan FullerAnty Shappe Legislative action: Leave to withdraw Total signatures: 8 Legislative action summary: Leave to withdraw Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: continental soldiers in the Massachusetts line, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Anty Sharpe, Anthony Shappe, Anthony Sharpe, furlough, families Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 188, page 154 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.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDoT) is undertaking the renovation of the deck on Interstate 91 in Massachusetts, the US.The project involves the replacement of 1.6km of elevated Viaduct Decks from the bridge dam on State Street to the I-291 ramps. The project will developed in three stages namely Stage 1A, Stage 1B and Stage 2.Segment 1A includes preemptive repairs to the bridge deck helped prepare the two outer lanes of I-91 North and South, reconfiguration of local roads, construction of West Columbus Avenue Extension, construction of a temporary off-ramp from I-91 southbound at Birnie Avenue to carry traffic onto local streets to reach downtown Springfield and construction of a Real Time Traffic Management System.Segment 1B includes closing the inner travel lanes of I-91 north and southbound along the median for deck reconstruction, demolition and replacement of the deck in the area of the median and high speed lane(s) of I-91, along with the I-291 on-ramp to I-91 southbound, and the left side of the I-291 off-ramp from I-91 North.The project is being funded by Federal Highway Administration and the Commonwealth in 80:20 ratio.VHB Municipal Services has been appointed as surveyor. MassDoT issued the tender for the project on March 24, 2015 with a submission deadline of April 14, 2015.Sub-contractors on the project include Atlantic Bridge & Engineering for steel repairs and bearing replacement, Atsalis Brothers Painting for blasting and painting, Collins Electric for electrical contracting (bridge lighting), Commonwealth Guardrail, Inc. for guard and bridge rail and fencing, Dagle Electrical Construction Corp. for traffic signals, Gomes Construction for site works, Regis Steel Corporation for reinforcing steel (rebar), The Lane Construction Corporation for asphalt milling and paving, RoadSafe Traffic Systems for traffic control (signals and striping).CME Associates, Inc. was appointed as engineering and design consultant and VHB as transportation engineering and management consultant for the project.On April 15, 2015, MassDoT awarded the construction contract worth US$148 million to joint venture of JF White-Schiavone.Construction works on the Stage 1A commenced in July 2015 and were completed in December 2015.Construction works on the Stage 1B commenced in December 2015 and were completed in November 2016.On November 27, 2016, construction works on Stage 2 commenced.Construction works are underway. Read More

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763598 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Haverhill Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George P. Webster, Boxford; committee on ways and means Selected signatures:Walter S. Hodgdon Actions taken on dates: 1912-01-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 19, 1912 and referred to the committee on ways and means Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: resident at number twenty seven upon Fountain Street, in the city of Haverhill, county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of Massachusetts and, therefore, a department of said Commonwealth, petitioner in equity Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: equitable relief, constitution, Alexander Hamilton, court of equity, courts, judge, attorney, oath, prison, jail, declaration of rights, common law, executive, judicial, legislative, supreme judicial court, Bar Association, free, impartial, independent, James H. Fitzgerald, front yard, lawyers, Salem, 14th amendment, includes address Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1912, H 1605 committee on ways and means - leave to withdraw 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.

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909114 Date of creation: 1779-01 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Jonathan PikeDaniel Halsey Actions taken on dates: 1779-01-18 Legislative action: Leave to withdraw on January 18, 1779 Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Leave to withdraw Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: baker, mathematical instrument maker, [males of color?] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: James Cary, attorney, Reverend Brooks, Doctor John Clark, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jonathan Pike, Daniel Halsey, Simeon Howard, William Clark, Great Britain, [additional documents in volumes] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 184, pages 346-347 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.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Address Ranges Feature Shapefile (ADDRFEAT.dbf) contains the geospatial edge geometry and attributes of all unsuppressed address ranges for a county or county equivalent area. The term "address range" refers to the collection of all possible structure numbers from the first structure number to the last structure number and all numbers of a specified parity in between along an edge side relative to the direction in which the edge is coded. Single-address address ranges have been suppressed to maintain the confidentiality of the addresses they describe. Multiple coincident address range feature edge records are represented in the shapefile if more than one left or right address ranges are associated to the edge. The ADDRFEAT shapefile contains a record for each address range to street name combination. Address range associated to more than one street name are also represented by multiple coincident address range feature edge records. Note that the ADDRFEAT shapefile includes all unsuppressed address ranges compared to the All Lines Shapefile (EDGES.shp) which only includes the most inclusive address range associated with each side of a street edge. The TIGER/Line shapefile contain potential address ranges, not individual addresses. The address ranges in the TIGER/Line Files are potential ranges that include the full range of possible structure numbers even though the actual structures may not exist.

Petition: Military service Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909112 Date of creation: 1778-06-03 Petition location: Watertown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Top signatures:Hugh Orr Actions taken on dates: 1778-06-01 Legislative action: Received in the House in June 1778 and resolved and c ommitted and leave to withdraw Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, committed, leave to withdraw Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Identifications of signatories: NA Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: furnace, Bridgewater, Levi Washburn, Nor th River, soldier, veteran 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.

In 2023, approximately 10.4 percent of Massachusetts' population lived below the poverty line. This accounts for persons or families whose collective income in the preceding 12 months was below the national poverty level of the United States.

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909120 Date of creation: 1781-02 Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Mary Chandler Actions taken on dates: 1781-04-18 Legislative action: Committed and order to lie and leave to withdraw and received in the House on April 18, 1781 and resolved and granted Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Committed, order to lie, leave to withdraw, received, resolved, granted Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: wife of John Chandler, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: John Chandler, Great Britain, estate, cows, horse, sheep, cattle, small pox, continental service, military service Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 187, pages 40-43.5 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.

West Virginia and Kansas had the lowest cost of living across all U.S. states, with composite costs being half of those found in Hawaii. This was according to a composite index that compares prices for various goods and services on a state-by-state basis. In West Virginia, the cost of living index amounted to 84.8 - well below the national benchmark of 100. Nevada - which had an index value of 100.1 - was only slightly above that benchmark. Expensive places to live included Hawaii, Massachusetts, and California Housing costs in the U.S. Housing is usually the highest expense in a household’s budget. In 2023, the average house sold for approximately 427,000 U.S. dollars, but house prices in the Northeast and West regions were significantly higher. Conversely, the South had some of the least expensive housing. In West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the median price of the typical single-family home was less than 200,000 U.S. dollars. That makes living costs in these states significantly lower than in states such as Hawaii and California, where housing is much more expensive. What other expenses affect the cost of living? Utility costs such as electricity, natural gas, water, and internet also influence the cost of living. In Alaska, Hawaii, and Connecticut, the average monthly utility cost exceeded 500 U.S. dollars. That was because of the significantly higher prices for electricity and natural gas in these states.

Petition subject: Equal elective franchise for women Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006380 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John B.D. Cogswell, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Sarah E. Wall Actions taken on dates: 1857-02-04,1857-02-14,1857-02-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1857 and referred to the committee on the judiciary and on February 14, 1857, had leave to withdraw and accepted in the House on February 17, 1857 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, leave to withdraw, accepted Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: petitioner, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: women's suffrage, [4 pages of text; To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts. Your petitioners believing that all true government desire their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that taxation without representation is inconsistent with the Republican theory, equally unjust and oppression in its results upon whatever sex or class imposed, respectfully prays you to adopt such measures as will eventually secure to woman the right of suffrage. In the general excitement now prevailing throughout the community, it will doubtless seem an absurdity to many of you, to press this unpopular subject upon the minds of the public, already distracted by so many contending issues but it is upon the causes of this excitement that your petitioner found her strongest argument for thus claiming your attention at this time. When banks and tariffs rule the hour, and political strife is but the index of the rise and fall of cotton, it is an unfavorable moment to urge its claims, compared with a period when the agitation of a great moral question permeates every stratum of individual thought, appealing alike to the conscience of man and woman, arousing her from the lethargy incident to his position to a consciousness of public wrongs, of which she can no longer be a neutral spectator, as they press nearer and nearer upon her own threshold. The indifference she exhibited toward the Carolinian slave warms into active sympathy when she sees her husband or son stricken down on the plains of Kansas, and she perceives the unity of that power which perpetuated both deeds. The impropriety of her meddling with politics is forgotten as she rushes forth instinctively, to mingle with political gatherings, when ruffian hands have laid low a senator who has won her esteem and admiration by the rare effusions of his high moral and intellectual attainments, and the glowing eloquence with which he has strewn with flowers, the thorny pathway of politics. The corruptions of politic, domestic duties, the delicate and sensitive nature of woman, and her acquiescence thus far are among the many objections raised against her admission to public life, all totally groundless, and destined like the cry of amalgamation in the earlier stages of the Anti Slavery cause, to perish with the breath of those who raise them. What are politics? They are the product of thought, bearing the impression of the minds who create them, becoming elevated in their moral tone in proportion as we become elevated by a purer morality, and a purer Christianity. They mould the pulpit, control the press, and hold in their mighty hands the destinies of nations, in which woman must share and suffer. Was it not that power which framed the Inquisition, invented the rack, tied Madame Roland to the scaffold, and hung Mary Dyer on Boston Commons. Is it not that power which now drenches the earth in the blood of her children and desecrates the very name of humanity, by baptizing in the name of Christ, unity, Freedom and Equality, the most stupendous wrong that ever disgraced heathen or pagan land that degrades woman to the life of the harem under the shadow of the Crescent, and sells her on the auction block beneath the stars and stripes of a Republic? If politics are corrupt, she suffers from the corruption, and she owes it to herself and the world to demand a reform, which she can do only after gaining a recognition of her existence in that body. It is degrading for her to go to the ballot box because of the drunkenness and vulgarity with which she must associate there, it is doubly so for her to submit to laws emanating from such vile sources. Public sentiment is very solicitous for her welfare when any question of public interest is at stake, but it has no sympathy to waste for the severer trials of her private life. It expresses no fear that she wil... Visit https://dataone.org/datasets/sha256%3A73dae7f6cf9a10345eaee975390daf4514c28585dbf1005c7a1b7ee045cf6d32 for complete metadata about this dataset.

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Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858690 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Dorchester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry L. Pierce, Dorchester; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Richard ClapStephen BakerGeorge Ford Total signatures: 68 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 31 Female signatures: 37 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], ["other residents"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1860, leave to withdraw 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.

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858655 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Selected signatures:Isaac HowesEdwin MoodyEdwin H. Bliss Total signatures: 27 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 21 Female signatures: 2 Other male signatures: 1 Unidentified signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], [other males] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1860, leave to withdraw 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.

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763584 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles J. Noyes, Boston; committee on claims Selected signatures:John R. Farrell Actions taken on dates: 1879-01-31,1879-02-03 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 31, 1879 and referred to the committee on claims and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 3, 1879 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizen Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Shaw Guards, Liberty Guards, uniforms, dress coats, trousers, Sergeant Major Webb, Quarter Master Sergeant J.S. Baker, Major Lewis Gaul, Robert Gould Shaw Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1879, committee on claims - leave to withdraw 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.

Petition subject: Property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13909143 Date of creation: 1782 Petition location: Newbury Selected signatures:Samuel MoodySamuel Noyes Actions taken on dates: 1782-11-01,1782-11-02,1782-11-08,1783-02-17,1783-03-01,1783-03-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on November 1, 1782 and resolved and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on November 2, 1782 and read and concurred with amendments and sent for concurrence and received in the House on November 8, 1782 and read and concurred and received in the Senate on February 17, 1783 and read and leave to withdraw and sent for concurrence and received in the House on March 1, 1783 and resolved and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 15, 1783 and read and concurred Total signatures: 2 Legislative action summary: Received, resolved, sent, received, read, concurred, amended, sent, received, read, concurred, received, read, leave to withdraw, sent, received, resolved, sent, received, read, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: guardians and next friends of three poor children belonging to one Joel Weed Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional archivist notes: Joel Weed, Jeremiah Pearson, Essex, American Army, soldier, veteran, military service, manumission, freedom, house land, Sarah Weed, trespasser, John Hale, [additional documents in volumes, see pages 251-254] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Archives volume 239, pages 255-257 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.

Petition subject: Concerning property Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11148846 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Gayhead Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Zachariah Howwoswee Actions taken on dates: 1809-01-10,1809-01-27,1809-02-18 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 10, 1809 and referred and received in the Senate on January 27, 1809 and committed and leave to withdraw on February 18, 1809 Total signatures: 1.0 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, committed, leave to withdraw Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: Native of Gayhead, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Native American tribe: Gayhead 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. Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Zachariah Mayhew, Reverend, lands, commissioner's land, compensation, preaching, house, building, hire out, cattle, fences, debts, Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1809, Docket 3953