Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Henry Mitchell

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668865 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obediah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Henry MitchellR.M. WashingtonMary Ann WashingtonRobert MorrisJohn V. de GrasseJames BurrCyrus FosterGeorge WashingtonHenry TylerJoseph L. BarbadoesGeorge L. RuffinWilliam C. NellLouisa M. JacobsHarriet A. JacobsJohn OliverIra GrayJonas W. ClarkJohn B. BaileyWilliam H. ThomasDarbe Vassell [Darby Vassall?]Simpson Lewis Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-29,1861-01-30 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 30, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 414 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 143 Males of color signatures: 135 Unidentified signatures: 136 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Two texts, signatures on front and back; includes note: \"obtained in church, and no paper available\" to explain signatures on the back, religious Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.