Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.111, SC1/series 228, Petition of Jephthah R. Hartwell

Petition subject: Treatment of Massachusetts citizens in other states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670577 Date of creation: 1845-02-03 Petition location: Groton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joel Hayden, Williamsburg; joint special committee on the Governor's Message relating to the agency at New Orleans Selected signatures:Jephthah R. HartwellWalter ShattuckAbner Manson Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-10,1845-02-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 10, 1845 and referred to the joint special committee on the Governor's Message relating to the agency at New Orleans and received in the Senate on February 11, 1845 and concurred Total signatures: 50 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 50 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Praying for persons from states where negroes or mulattoes are not citizens to give bonds to ensure their good behavior while in Massachusetts Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1845, c.111, passed March 24, 1845 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.