Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Samuel Sewall

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668842 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Stone [Eben F. Stone, Newburyport?]; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Samuel SewallD.W. AlvordWilliam S. RobinsonFrancis W. BirdGeorge Luther StearnsSamuel G. HoweJames StoneAlbert G. Browne Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-01,1861-02-02 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 1, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the House on February 2, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 8 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 8 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: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Lengthy text, includes discussion and context of personal liberty laws in Massachusetts 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.