Senate Unpassed Legislation 1870, S 268 rejected, SC1/series 231, Petition of James L. Bates

Petition subject: Memorial Day legal holiday Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763648 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Robert S. Daniels, Peabody; committee on military affairs Selected signatures:James L. Bates Actions taken on dates: 1870-05-09,1870-05-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on May 9, 1870 and referred to the committee on military affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on May 10, 1870 and concurred Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: by direction of the Council of Administration of the Department of Massachusetts Grand Army of the Republic, in behalf of the soldiers and sailors of the War of the Rebellion, Commander Dept. Mass. G.A.R., ["Commander Department Mass. G.A.R."] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: legal holiday on thirtieth day of May, decoration of graves with the fresh flowers of spring Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1870, S 268 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.