Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of Ira Gray

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858446 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Reading Selected signatures:Ira GrayRichard WilliamsAbby Bartlett Total signatures: 503 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 213 Female signatures: 208 Other male signatures: 62 Unidentified signatures: 20 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [unique layout of petition] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1851, Docket 13162 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.