House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of W.R.G. Mellen

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029892 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Gloucester Selected signatures:W.R.G. MellenHenry SaundersAaron Wheeler Total signatures: 109 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 109 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: Reverend Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.