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Petition subject: Against slave hunting

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858780

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Cummington

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Branning, Lee; William L. Church, Middlefield

Selected signatures:

1. Francis H. Dawes
2. Hiram Steele
3. Otis B. Bartlett

Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-28

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1861 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 199

Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 129

Female signatures: 49

Other male signatures: 9

Unidentified signatures: 12

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], [other males], ["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: Senate Unpassed 1861, leave to withdraw

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.