Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of Jasper Stone

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670427 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boxborough Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Bowditch, Boston, No.8 Railroad Exchange Court Square; Charles W. Slack, Boston; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Jasper StoneMary Jane DavisGeorge Lewis Legislative action: Referred to the committee on federal relations Total signatures: 111 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 48 Female signatures: 62 Other male signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: 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. 1855, c.489, passed May 21, 1855 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.