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Petition subject: For residents of discriminating states entering Massachusetts be required to give bonds to keep peace towards all persons in the state

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029698

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry Wilson, Natick; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Charles Goodspeed
2. William P. Bodfish
3. Jesse Talbot
4. Hiram Bearse
5. Charles G. Hallett

Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-13

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 13, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 45

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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 1850, Docket 2566

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.