House Unpassed Legislation 1862, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 230, Petition of James Fernal

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018100 Date of creation: 1863-02-10 Petition location: Rockport Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Bremner, Rockport; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:James FernalS.P. RandallCharles Knowlton Jr.James ClarkEben Pool Jr.William LowJohn H. ManningJoseph HaskinsJames KnightAlbert SanbornGeorge WithamBenjamin KnightEdward MaguireJoshua TarrEben BlatchfordGeorge ElwellJoshua SanbornLyman PoolEdward Slocum Actions taken on dates: 1863-03-07 Legislative action: Referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and concurred in the Senate on March 7, 1863 Total signatures: 42 Legislative action summary: Referred, sent, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 42 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: To pass a law forbidding any more persons of color from coming into the state of Massachusetts to become citizens of the state, Essex county Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1863, 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.