Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of John T. Codman

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670429 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Arba C. Slater, Holyoke; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:John T. CodmanGeorge P. AtkinsMartin WalkoWilliam JamesAaron ClappGeorge M. Sawyer Actions taken on dates: 1855-03-24,1855-03-26 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 24, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and received in the Senate on March 26, 1855 and concurred Total signatures: 47 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 43 Other male signatures: 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other persons, [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 Additional archivist notes: Location is "Boston and elsewhere" 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.