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Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029993

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Watertown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Crafts, Watertown; committee on federal relations

Selected signatures:

1. Charles H. White
2. Charles E. Witt
3. John W. Coffin

Actions taken on dates: 1859-01-14,1859-01-15

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 15, 1859 and concurred

Total signatures: 95

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

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 55

Female signatures: 4

Unidentified signatures: 36

Female only signatures: No

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: not 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.