House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Stephen Goss

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029917 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Natick Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Albert Tolman, Worcester; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Stephen GossSmith G. DoweGustavus H. Veazey Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 387 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 133 Female signatures: 78 Unidentified signatures: 176 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: High amount of initials 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.