Senate Unpassed Legislation 1861, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Henry Elwell Jr.

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858773 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Manchester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obadiah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the personal liberty law Selected signatures:Henry Elwell Jr.Henry StoneNathaniel Andrews Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty law and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 206 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 72 Female signatures: 82 Other male signatures: 4 Unidentified signatures: 48 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], [other males], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Reverend next to signatures Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1861, leave to withdraw 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.