Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of Robert East Apthorp

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10520838 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John L. Swift, Boston; committee on the judiciary; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Robert East ApthorpJohn T. SargentC.K. SargentSarah ThorpSusan ChanningNoah LitchfieldThomas C. BaconWilliam F. ChanningLewis HaydenSamuel MaySamuel E. SewallWilliam Lloyd GarrisonHarriet HaydenLouisa May AlcottAbby May AlcottHelen E. GarrisonGeorge T. GarrisonHenrietta SargentEllis Gray LoringCharles W. SpearAustin BearseEdwin G. WalkerDaniel F. ChildRobert MorrisF.B. Sanborn [Franklin Benjamin Sanborn?] Actions taken on dates: 1855-01-24,1855-01-30,1855-01-31 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 24, 1855 and referred to the committee on the judiciary and received in the House on January 30, 1855 and referred to the committee on federal relations and received in the Senate on January 31, 1855 and concurred Total signatures: 1510 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 789 Female signatures: 326 Other male signatures: 68 Unidentified signatures: 327 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], [females of color], [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: [female signatures on left hand side] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.489, passed May 21, 1855 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.