https://masonslegacies.org/files/original/534a8bbd891572dedf13ca080487f7fd.png 29af4da6dad028e5ec5ac64e30acb02e Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The memorial of the undersigned, citizens of Lancaster county and parts adjacent, in the State of Pennsylvania, RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS: That your memorialists view with abhorrence and detestation the inhuman and barbarous practice of duelling, and entertain the opinion that no man who in any wise participates in such practices should have an agency in making laws for a civilized and Christian community, nor be allowed to hold any office of trust or profit in the same. Your memorialists, therefore, pray your honorable bodies to pass a law prohibiting every person who may be hereafter engaged in, or connected with, a duel, in any manner or way, from being eligible to any station, trust, or office, under the General Government; and providing, also, that every person so engaged shall, in consequence thereof, immediately forfeit any such station, trust, or office, that he may at the time be in exercise or possession of. And, as in duty bound, they will ever pray, &c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Citizens of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, praying passage of law to prevent any person connected with duel from holding any office under General Government Description An account of the resource Petition requesting action against the practice of dueling in D.C., especially amongst government officials. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Citizens of Lancaster, PA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 26, March, 1838 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tim Schranck course 2020 duel dueling History 300