Senate Unpassed Legislation 1870, S 268 rejected, SC1/series 231, Petition of James L. Bates

<p>Petition subject: Memorial Day legal holiday </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763648">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763648</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Massachusetts </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Robert S. Daniels, Peabody; committee on military affairs </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>James L. Bates</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1870-05-09,1870-05-10 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on May 9, 1870 and referred to the committee on military affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on May 10, 1870 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: by direction of the Council of Administration of the Department of Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic, in behalf of the soldiers and sailors of the War of the Rebellion, Commander Dept. Mass. G.A.R., ["Commander Department Mass. G.A.R."] </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: legal holiday on thirtieth day of May, decoration of graves with the fresh flowers of spring </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1870, S 268 rejected </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>