Passed Acts; St. 1863, c.193, SC1/series 229, Petition of Lewis Hayden

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935189 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George P. Clapp, Boston; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Lewis HaydenThomas DaltonMark De MortieEdmund JacksonEdward LawtonHenry W. JohnsonJohn V. de GrasseEdward RuhlerNelson L. PerkinsLorenzo D. JohnsonJohn H. SterlingMichael OnleyWilliam Mannix Actions taken on dates: 1863-01-28,1863-01-24 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1863 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 24, 1863 and concurred Total signatures: 17 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored men, citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: To strike the word "white" from section 1, chapter 13 of the general statutes, military service, [doctor, M.D. next to de Grasse signature], ["…in order that the state may no longer stand in opposition to the patriotic desires of any portion of her citizens who are willing to give their service and if need be their lives in the cause of the Republic."] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1863, c.193, passed April 27, 1863 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.