Actor Anthony Quinn
Mexican-born Antonio Rudolfo Quinn petitioned for naturalization at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in 1946. A painter and writer, he was best known as actor...
Appeal in Hawaiian and English
In 1897, more than 21,000 native Hawaiians—out of a population of less than 40,000—signed this petition opposing the annexation of Hawaii. It contributed to the...
French Canadians in Illinois County
Western lands were not empty when Congress began settling land northwest of the Ohio River after the Revolutionary War. French Canadian residents who had unexpectedly...
Light is better?
In 1919, representatives for the Northern New York Utilities, Inc., wrote to New York Congressman David O’Connell objecting to the complete prohibition of alcoholic...
Peace Petition
A year after the Mexican War began, debate over the war continued; these citizens of Trumbull County, Ohio, wrote to Congress and asked them to end the war.
Pennsylvanians reject slavery
This petition asked Congress to abolish slavery within the United States and to block the admission of any new state that allowed slavery within its borders....
Petition from Quakers to Congress
Six months after the end of the Spanish-American War, Filipino insurgents began a three-year war seeking Philippine independence. The Philanthropic Committee of...