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House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of William J. Breed

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Title House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of William J. Breed
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BBZ4L
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029881

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Southborough

Selected signatures:

  1. William J. Breed
  2. Nathan L. Johnson
  3. William Goodwin

Total signatures: 56

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 37

Female signatures: 11

Other male signatures: 5

Unidentified signatures: 3

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, others, [females], [other males]

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: 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.


 
Subject Social Sciences
Printed
Nathan L. Johnson
William Goodwin
William J. Breed
citizens
females
legal voters
other males
others
column separated
No
11
37
5
56
3