House Unpassed Legislation 1857, laid on the table (1856), SC1/series 230, Petition of John P. Andrews

Petition subject: Recall of the Senators and Representatives from the bludgeon, bowie knife, and revolver of the slaveholders in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11006378 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John W. Russell, Salem Selected signatures:John P. Andrews Actions taken on dates: 1856-05-30 Legislative action: Received in the House on May 30, 1856 and laid on the table Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizen Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: slave holders, sold control of the slave power, resolution, homes, arena of anarchy confusion bloodshed and terror Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1857, laid on the table (1856) 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.