Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Martha A. Brooks

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668846 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Sabin P. Chamberlain, New Bedford; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Martha A. BrooksEmma E. PhelpsAnna H. BrightSarah Freedom Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-06,1861-02-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 6, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on February 7, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 602 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Female signatures: 602 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Example of copied signatures 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.