House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Peter Wellington

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029973 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lexington Selected signatures:Peter WellingtonAndrew WellingtonEmery A. Mulliken Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-19 Legislative action: Concurred in the Senate on February 19, 1859 Total signatures: 9 Legislative action summary: Concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 9 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["legal voters"] 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.