Passed Acts; St. 1864, c.15, SC1/series 229, Petition of Aaron A. Bradley

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935190 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Israel W. Andrews, Essex Selected signatures:Aaron A. Bradley Actions taken on dates: 1863-11-17 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on November 17, 1863 Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: free citizen, [males of color] 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 36, chapter 13 of the general statutes, and to strike the word "white" from section 1, chapter 13 of the general statutes, military service, South Carolina, 54th regiment, […"The the Statute Book, may not furnish to South Carolina, a good legal reason why the soldiers of the 54 Regiment should not be given up and it makes your Hon body, appear like the South in fact, in the eyes of Europeans in your treatment to colored person that you call citizens..."], that the general statutes of Massachusetts may not continue to be the index of cruel slander and oppression of many of her good citizens, ["And further your humble petitioner says not."] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1864, c.15, passed February 8, 1864 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.