House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Edward Buffum

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029923 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Stephen A. Chase, Salem; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Edward BuffumMaria L. GiffordCatherine FryeCharles Lenox Remond Actions taken on dates: 1859-01-14,1859-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 17, 1859 and concurred Total signatures: 391 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 188 Female signatures: 57 Unidentified signatures: 146 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: M.D. next to signature Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.