Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Giles A. Whitney

Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668837 Date of creation: 1861-01-15 Petition location: Winchendon Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Bennett, Hubbardston; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Giles A. WhitneyLuke BealsSidney Fairbank Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-19,1861-02-20 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 19, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on February 20, 1861 and laid on the table Total signatures: 83 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 83 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.