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Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029848

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Barnstable

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ezekiel Thacher, Yarmouth Port, Ms.

Selected signatures:

1. Alvan Howes
2. Nancy L. Howes
3. Sarah H. Lovell

Total signatures: 114

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 39

Female signatures: 75

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, non voters, [females], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected

Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.