Rolled Petition of Residents of the District of Columbia Against the Enactment of a District Prohibition Bill
1939
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This rolled petition, glued end-to-end to form one large document, was sent to Congress against the enactment of Washington, DC's prohibition bill.
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Petition drive organizers in the 1800s and 1900s vigorously exercised their First Amendment right to petition the government. Organizers printed the text of a petition on the top of a page, and then left the bottom blank for signatures. With signatures gathered, the pages were often glued end to end to form one giant document and then sent to Congress.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
Full Citation: Rolled Petition of Residents of the District of Columbia Against the Enactment of a District Prohibition Bill; 1939; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/rolled-petition-of-residents-of-the-district-of-columbia-against-the-enactment-of-a-district-prohibition-bill, May 7, 2024]