House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2566, SC1/series 230, Petition of Charles Goodspeed

Petition subject: For residents of discriminating states entering Massachusetts be required to give bonds to keep peace towards all persons in the state Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029698 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry Wilson, Natick; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Charles GoodspeedWilliam P. BodfishJesse TalbotHiram BearseCharles G. Hallett Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 13, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 45 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2566 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.