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Petition subject: Trial by jury

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956307

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Fall River

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Micah H. Ruggles, Fall River; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Gilbert H. Durfee
2. Elisha Smith
3. Thomas D. Allen

Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-02

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 2, 1837 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 51

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 51

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Additional archivist notes: Trial by jury for individuals accused of being fugitive slaves; report: http://archive.org/details/reportontrialbyj00mass

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1837, c.221, passed April 19, 1837

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.