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Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029891

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dr. J. Lewis, Waltham, Ms.; Josiah Rutter, Waltham; committee on federal relations

Selected signatures:

1. William Porter
2. Newell Sherman
3. Jarvis Lewis

Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-08

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 8, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence

Total signatures: 66

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 40

Female signatures: 26

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, [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.