Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of George M. Rice

Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668834 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alexander H. Bullock, Worcester; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:George M. RiceWilliam ConkeyBenjamin Tower Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-20 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and laid on the table Total signatures: 87 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 87 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, ["citizens"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Two texts, one handwritten and one printed 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.