Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Marshal Stearns

Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668894 Date of creation: 1861-01-17 Petition location: Brookline Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward R. Seccomb, Brookline; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Marshal StearnsGeorge AdamsRichard Soule Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-21,1861-01-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 22, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 120 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 120 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, 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.