House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Ephraim Scott

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029927 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Huntington, Worthington, Chesterfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Mr. Fuller (Knightsville), Huntington, Mass.; Spencer Shaw, Cummington; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Ephraim ScottSamuel SampsonAsa Niles Actions taken on dates: 1859-01-17 Legislative action: Referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and concurred in the Senate on January 17, 1859 Total signatures: 94 Legislative action summary: Referred, sent, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 72 Female signatures: 18 Other male signatures: 3 Unidentified signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, voters, others, [females], [other males] 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: 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.