Senate Unpassed Legislation 1857, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Jonas W. Clark

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11666570 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John L. Swift, Boston; committee on militia Selected signatures:Jonas W. ClarkRobert MorrisJohn SpencerJoseph F. ClarkJames WatkinsCharles P. MorrisJoseph B. MorrisMilton CrewWilliam BrownSamuel WyeJohn J. SmithJ.W. BollingM.M. TaylorFrancis P. ClaryJohn V. de GrasseJ.H. TurpinJohn M. Fowler[Otho T. Grant?]S.J.P. WheatlandLewis Hayden[Jonathan C. Hayden?]John Mantley[George R. Dwyer?]Otho GantSprigg PaytonGeorge William CollingsJonathan H. LewisWilliam RileyFrancis JohnsonAmerica C. TabbBenjamin C. Gregory Actions taken on dates: 1857-02-26,1857-02-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 26, 1857 and referred to the committee on militia and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 27, 1857 and concurred Total signatures: 32 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 32 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Includes note on front: "The petitioners respectfully request a hearing on the merits of their petition before the committee to whom it may be referred. Robert Morris, attorney for the petitioners. No.17 Railroad Ex., Court Square, Boston." Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1857, leave to withdraw 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.