Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of Horace James

Petition subject: Trial by jury Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670487 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Harrison Bliss, Worcester; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Horace JamesCaleb WallA.G. WalkerThomas DrewThomas Wentworth HigginsonEffingham L. CapronIsaac MasonJohn Milton EarleGerry Valentine Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-20 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations Total signatures: 144 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 144 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, [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: Asking for a jury trial for any person who is claimed to owe service; signature of man who escaped from slavery, fugitive slave, and signature of Gerry Valentine, involved with Native American Party in Worcester Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.489, passed May 21, 1855 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.