House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2164, SC1/series 230, Petition of George W.F. Mellen

<p>Petition subject: Treatment of citizens in other states </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005505">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005505</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1848 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the subject of habeas corpus </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>George W.F. Mellen</li><li>William Hall</li><li>Nathan Crowell</li><li>George Knott</li><li>Edmund Crockett</li><li>William Seaver</li><li>George P. Atkins</li><li>Francis Jackson</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1848-03-28 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on March 28, 1848 and referred to the committee on the subject of habeas corpus </p> <p>Total signatures: 181 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 181 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: petitioners, ["others"] </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: habeas corpus, [needs conservation] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2164 </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>