House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Augustine Root

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029907 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Middleboro Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis Jackson, Esq., President of the Mass. Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, Mass.; Augustus L. West, New Bedford; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Augustine RootMartin L. CaswellCharles E. Kingman Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 46 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 Female signatures: 22 Other male signatures: 5 Unidentified signatures: 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, others, [females], [other males] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes note, [unique text] 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.