Women's Suffrage Petition, 1858

Source: Maine woman suffrage petition, 1858, contributed by the Maine State Archives to the Maine Memory Project.

The subscribers appear to have come from the town of Ellsworth.

To the Senate & House of Representatives in the Legislature assembled:

Whereas according to the Declaration of our National Independence Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, we the undersigned inhabitants of the State of Maine respectfully petition your Honorable Body to take measures for so altering the Constitution of our State as to allow Women the same rights at the Ballot Box that are now exercised by men.

Ann F. Greely Charlotte L. Hill Adelia L. Macomber Miriam C. Kent Alvonia D. Perry Grace D. Irving Sarah R. Dutton Helen Grant Frances M. Dutton Louisa J. Chase Mary A. Royal Elizabeth R. Hopkins Matilda Hall Geo. B. Joy

Charles Lowell Fenelon G. Barker Sarah Jarvis Otis W. Kent Abby G. Joy Almira Hopkins Isabell H. Moor Chas W. Moor J. B. Moor H. N. Whitcomb Nath'l J. Moor J. M. Grant Joseph N. Hodges