Senate Unpassed Legislation 1861, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Francis Jackson

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858803 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathaniel H. Whiting, Plymouth Selected signatures:Francis JacksonWilliam I. BowditchJohn T. SargentAustin BearseRobert E. ApthorpSamuel May Jr.Edwin ThompsonJacob LeonardBourne SpoonerJames N. BuffumCharles K. WhippleAlexander FosterC. Henry AdamsWendell Phillips Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-24 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 24, 1861 and laid on the table Total signatures: 25 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 25 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: To be heard upon the petitions against the rendition of fugitive slaves Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1861, 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.