Senate Unpassed Legislation 1852, Docket 13568, SC1/series 231, Petition of Curtis C. Nichols

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381178 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward L. Keyes, Norfolk; committee on the militia Selected signatures:Curtis C. NicholsD.S. KingLemuel BurrHiram MingoCharles C. ClappCharles P. MorrisJoseph B. MorrisGeorge W. MorrisW.B. ParsonsB.E. MurrayA.A. ChildsJ.S. PotterJ.L. SwiftJames B. RichardsW.S. DannellHiram A. EmeryJohn CloughIsaac StricklandLewis HaydenF.C. ShepherdF.N. GleasonJoseph K. HayesEdward Johnson Jr.Luther Paul Jr.Henry PaulGeorge W. StacyWilliam RichardsonGeorge W. PierceCurtis C. NicholsJohn M. SewallWilliam Wilberforce RussellRichard HowlandJames Hazard Jr.William WhiteGeorge MartinBailey WardwellHenry StoddardHenry M. HallWilliam GregoryCharles BradleyGeorge CollingsRichard WilliamsThomas ReedBela HesseyJohn J. FatalJohn OliverSamuel WilsonJohn P. CoburnHenry WeedenWilliam B. BreedJohn JohnsonJeremiah HarveyRobert ShepardJoseph ScarlettAaron GaulNathan GaulRobert MorrisJohn M. LenoxCharles W. CalkinsThomas Bird[Joshua Penmmur?]Phineas HowardEdward CoddingtonAmos C. ClappF.H. SpragueLeonard ParksS.F. EdwardsLewis ThompsonHenry DoyleEdward JacksonSamuel FordBenjamin HarwoodThomas J. NealIsaac StaffordSimon AndersonJoseph HawkinsPeter F. GillSolomon GuessWilliam W. Brown [William Wells Brown?]Edward CassellFrederick HowardJames ScottCharles AbbotRichard WilliamsJames GirrardSimon KnowlesArthur ScottAugustus EstradaJoseph VigerNorris FinesJohn Willard Jr.James JohnsonGeorge WashingtonJoseph N. ButlerRobert JohnsonRichard F. Field Actions taken on dates: 1852-03-24,1852-03-24 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 24, 1852 and referred to the committee on militia and sent for concurrence and received in the House on March 24, 1852 and concurred Total signatures: 137 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 137 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: To abolish militia restrictions based on color Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1852, Docket 13568 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.