Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of W.H. Fernald

Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668902 Date of creation: 1861-01 Petition location: Lawrence Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Harrison D. Clement, Lawrence; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:W.H. FernaldJames R. KnoxLyman Daniels Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-21,1861-01-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 22, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 235 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 235 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Six texts Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.