House Unpassed Legislation 1857, House non-concurred, SC1/series 230, Petition of Obadiah Wheelock Albee

<p>Petition subject: Dred Scott decision </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006382">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006382</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Massachusetts </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Obadiah Wheelock Albee</li><li>James W. Ward</li><li>John L. Swift</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 3 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: undersigned, chairman senate, house </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Abington, did not agree to the definition of citizenship submitted by the majority of the committee on federal relations April 1857, courts, abolition of slavery, constitution, property in man, equality, fugitive slave bill, unconstitutional, personal liberty act, habeas corpus, right of trial by jury, supreme court, right to make color a test of citizenship within her borders, privileges and franchises of citizenship, William Eustis, 1820 speech in Congress, passports, report, inexpedient to legislature further </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1857, House non-concurred </p> <p>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.</p>