Senate Unpassed Legislation 1860, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of David Merritt

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858667 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Horatio Alger, Marlborough; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:David MerrittHenry ShapleighLincoln R. StoneTemple DodgeJohn Cassell Actions taken on dates: 1860-02-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 10, 1860 and referred to the committee on federal relations Total signatures: 136 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 136 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, voters, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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 1860, 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.