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Petition subject: Military companies

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018092

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Marshall S. Underwood, Dennis; joint special committee on the governor's address

Selected signatures:

1. Robert Morris
2. Aaron A. Bradley
3. George Downing
4. James Watkins
5. John J. Smith
6. Samuel T. Birmingham
7. Thomas P. Taylor
8. Thomas Smith
9. John V. de Grasse
10. Lewis Hayden
11. John W. Bolling
12. John J. Smith
13. William D. Curtis
14. E.J. Decoursey
15. J.J. Johnson
16. Coffin Pitts
17. Jeremiah Harvey
18. E.F.B. Mundrucu
19. George H. Bond
20. Joseph N. Butler
21. Samuell Pride
22. Stephen Ray
23. Henry Lewis
24. E.H. Gray
25. Marion Jenkins
26. B.C. Gregory
27. William Butler
28. Thomas Williams
29. Simpson H. Lewis
30. John Johnston
31. Richard Greene
32. James D. Ruffin
33. George L. Ruffin
34. T.R. Watson
35. Thomas Taylor
36. Charles H. Storms
37. John Atkins
38. J.W. Anderson
39. Horace J. Martin
40. William Redding
41. William Henry Davis
42. Robert Baker
43. E.B. Gardner
44. J.P. Miles
45. William Moore
46. John Long
47. William Moore
48. John Pride
49. Henry Livingston
50. Weston Fisher
51. Joseph N. Walker
52. G.W. Thompson
53. Jonas W. Clark
54. John L. Marshall
55. John W. Harvey
56. Matthias H. Lewis
57. J.H. Smith
58. Benjamin F. Washington
59. Frank Watkins
60. William C. Shorter

Actions taken on dates: 1861-05-15,1861-05-15

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on May 15, 1861 and referred to the joint special committee on the governor's address and sent for concurrence and received in the House on May 15, 1861 and concurred

Total signatures: 72

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

Males of color signatures: 72

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Additional archivist notes: That colored citizens may form military companies, includes M.D. next to John V. De Grasse signature

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, referred to next General Court

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.