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Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029936

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: New Bedford, Dartmouth

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Watson, New Bedford; committee on federal relations

Selected signatures:

1. Henry B. Clark
2. Braddock Hinckley
3. Charles H. Higgins
4. Jonathan W. Walker

Actions taken on dates: 1859-03-02,1859-03-02

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 2, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 2, 1859 and concurred

Total signatures: 45

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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.