Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of Ephraim Wilson

<p>Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670426">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670426</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Dovers </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Ephraim Wilson</li><li>D.E. Allen</li><li>Lewis Smith</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 44 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 44 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, 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: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.489, passed May 21, 1855 </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>