Senate Unpassed Legislation 1855, Docket 18373, SC1/series 231, Petition of Alvan H. Turner

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858586 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Monterey Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Andrew A. Richmond, Berkshire; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Alvan H. TurnerLevi GibbsJohn D. Bidwell Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-12,1855-02-14 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 14, 1855 and concurred Total signatures: 19 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 19 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Laws against individuals who arrest, hold, or return a fugitive slave; includes printed note to return to William I. Bowditch, 8 Railroad Exchange, Court Square, Boston Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1855, Docket 18373 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.