House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Henry Elwell Jr.

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029849 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Manchester Selected signatures:Henry Elwell Jr.Lizzie A. ElwellSamuel Cheever Jr. Total signatures: 403 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 121 Female signatures: 132 Unidentified signatures: 150 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated 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.