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Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029889

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Stoneham

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: J. Parker Gould, Stoneham; committee on federal relations

Selected signatures:

1. Abby Newhall
2. Lydia D. Hill
3. Mary M. Whitehouse

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: 118

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence

Female signatures: 118

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["other persons"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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.