Senate Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 11502, SC1/series 231, Petition of Clark Bennett

Petition subject: Anti-slavery actions of Senators Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858204 Date of creation: 1844-02-26 Petition location: Somerville Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Oliver B. Sawyer, Berlin; committee on the proposed amendment of the constitution Selected signatures:Clark BennettSilas KinsleyEphraim Hill Actions taken on dates: 1844-02-28,1844-02-29 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 28, 1844 and referred to the committee on the proposed amendment of the constitution and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 29, 1844 and concurred Total signatures: 23 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 23 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: petitioners, [\"citizens\"] 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: Senate Unpassed 1844, Docket 11502 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.