House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Mary Ann Blair

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029919 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Warren Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Mrs. Shephard Blair, Warren, Mass.; Samuel Watson, New Bedford; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Mary Ann BlairEsther Ann GilbertSophia R. Bliss Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-03,1859-02-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 3, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 4, 1859 and concurred Total signatures: 38 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 38 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [\"women\"] 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: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.