House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2327, SC1/series 230, Petition of Dijah Bowen

Petition subject: Support for individuals Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448925 Date of creation: 1849-01-09 Petition location: East Needham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas Kingsbury, Needham; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Dijah Bowen Actions taken on dates: 1849-02-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, memorialist Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: [state lunatic hospital in Worcester, rights of a free citizen and free man, \"'surely oppression maketh a wise man mad' are the words of the wise man himself\", stigma of lunacy, constitution, 1835, judge, jury, law suit, evidence, grievances, investigation, abused, insulted, property, beat, bruised, violence, benefits, protection, laws, \"…in a situation in many respects no better than the colored people of the southern states.\", \"In some cases the name of rogue, is preferable to that of a fool.\"] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2327 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.