Photos about Gags




Petition from Women of Brookline, Massachusetts, Praying that the Gag Rule be Rescinded, 02/14/1838
The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Petition from Women of Brookline, Massachusetts, Praying that the Gag Rule be Rescinded, 02/14/1838 Created By: U.S. House of Representatives.(03/04/1789 - ) From: Record Group/Collection: 233 From: Petitions and Memorials Which Were Tabled Relating to the Rescinding of the Resolution of December 21, 1837 Tabling All Memorials, Petitions, and Papers on Slavery. Production Dates: 02/14/1838 Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=306638 Reference Unit: Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), National Archives Building Buy copies of selected National Archives photographs and documents at the National Archives Print Shop online: gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/ Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
Motion offered by John Quincy Adams to amend the House Journal, 05/27/1836
The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Motion offered by John Quincy Adams to amend the House Journal to include his statement that the recently passed "gag rule" was in direct violation of the Constitution, the Rules of the House of Representatives, and the rights of his constituents., 05/27/1836 Created By: U.S. House of Representatives.(03/04/1789 - ) From: Record Group/Collection: 233 From: Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House of Representatives, 24th Congress, 12/07/1835 - 03/03/1837 Production Dates: 05/27/1836 Scope and Content Note: nThe "gag rule" resolution that Adams is protesting stated that "All petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that on further action whatever shall be had thereon." Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=306599 Reference Unit: Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), National Archives Building Buy copies of selected National Archives photographs and documents at the National Archives Print Shop online: gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/ Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted



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