Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of David S. Rowe

<p>Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858306">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858306</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Westfield </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Claflin, Hopkinton; committee on slavery </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>David S. Rowe</li><li>George A. Gibson</li><li>Daniel Lewis</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1851-02-05 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received on February 5, 1851 and referred to the committee on slavery </p> <p>Total signatures: 10 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 10 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Not sure on legislative date, no action </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1851, Docket 13162 </p> <p>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.</p>