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Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668866

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Boston

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obediah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the personal liberty laws

Selected signatures:

1. William H. Logan
2. Anna Logan
3. Matilda Nichols
4. Elizabeth L. Walker
5. David Walker
6. Maria Bell
7. Thomas Dalton
8. Mary Burr
9. George Washington

Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-29,1861-01-30

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 30, 1861 and concurred

Total signatures: 150

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Females of color signatures: 55

Males of color signatures: 56

Unidentified signatures: 39

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: not column separated

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.