Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of William Seaver

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670439 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Ashland Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Luther L. Tarbell, Boston; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:William SeaverJ.C. HarrisSamuel B. Forbes Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-14,1855-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 14, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and received in the Senate on February 15, 1855 and concurred Total signatures: 101 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 101 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.489, passed May 21, 1855 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.