Senate Unpassed Legislation 1856, Docket 18604, SC1/series 231, Petition of George W. Lee

Petition subject: For a bodyguard to protect senators and representatives Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11666568 Date of creation: 1856-05 Petition location: Haverhill Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Hall, Essex Selected signatures:George W. LeeA.M. CoburnWilliam Jeffers Actions taken on dates: 1856-05-30 Legislative action: Received in the senate on May 30, 1856 and laid on the table Total signatures: 59 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 59 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [Charles Sumner] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1856, Docket 18604 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.