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

Petition subject: Treatment of citizens in other states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005505 Date of creation: 1848 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the subject of habeas corpus Selected signatures:George W.F. MellenWilliam HallNathan CrowellGeorge KnottEdmund CrockettWilliam SeaverGeorge P. AtkinsFrancis Jackson Actions taken on dates: 1848-03-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 28, 1848 and referred to the committee on the subject of habeas corpus Total signatures: 181 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 181 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: petitioners, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: habeas corpus, [needs conservation] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2164 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.