Senate Unpassed Legislation 1861, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Francis H. Dawes

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858780 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Cummington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Branning, Lee; William L. Church, Middlefield Selected signatures:Francis H. DawesHiram SteeleOtis B. Bartlett Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1861 and laid on the table Total signatures: 199 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 129 Female signatures: 49 Other male signatures: 9 Unidentified signatures: 12 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [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: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1861, leave to withdraw 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.