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Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668836

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Lynn

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Gardiner Tufts, Lynn; committee on the personal liberty laws

Selected signatures:

1. M.H. Hood
2. George C. Todel
3. Samuel Gilsber

Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-19

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 19, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and sent for concurrence in the Senate

Total signatures: 11

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 11

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861

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.