Senate Unpassed Legislation 1860, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of James O. Barney

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858642 Date of creation: 1859-03-24 Petition location: Seekonk Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel May Jr.; Nathaniel H. Whiting, Plymouth; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:James O. BarneyAustin H. StowellJohn A. Hammond Actions taken on dates: 1860-01-10,1860-01-10,1860-01-12 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 10, 1860 and laid on the table and received in the Senate on January 10, 1860 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 12, 1860 and concurred Total signatures: 92 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table, received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 34 Female signatures: 45 Unidentified signatures: 13 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females] 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: Note to Samuel May Jr. on the petition apologizing for how "worn" the petition is Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1860, 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.