Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Truman Clarke

Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668935 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Walpole Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Day, Norfolk; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Truman ClarkeJohn MannBradford Lewis Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-11 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 11, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and sent to the House for concurrence Total signatures: 107 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 107 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, ["others"] 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.