House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 3101, SC1/series 230, Petition of James D. Hayward

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005526 Date of creation: 1851-04-07 Petition location: Blackstone Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Caleb Thayer, Blackstone Selected signatures:James D. Hayward Actions taken on dates: 1851-04-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 9, 1851 and laid on the table Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Blackstone Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Not sure on last name; Resolution against the fugitive slave laws Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1851, Docket 3101 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.