Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Henry Barrett

Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668906 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Malden Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Richard Ward, Malden; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Henry BarrettLewis FisherWilliam B. Shedd Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-31,1861-02-01 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 31, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on February 1, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 152 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 152 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available 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.