House Unpassed Legislation 1861, referred to next General Court, SC1/series 230, Petition of J. Sella Martin

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018091 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Simeon P. Adams, Boston; joint special committee on the governor's address Selected signatures:J. Sella MartinHenry SmithJoseph BarbadoesSimeon P. AdamsRufus GilbertEnoch SaundersJames F. WilliamsCaleb G. HenryH.H.G. ScottFleming JohnsonCharles BoheaJames GardnerJohn JenkinsAlexander RobertsT.W. SmithJohn T. HolleyThomas W. SteamburgCharles JacksonJohn BrownW.H. DavisRobert Johnson Jr.Ira N. GrayJohn WrightA.L. BarrettE. Francis GrayJohn Thompson Jr.T.O. WilliamsF.B. Joy[D. Orlando Fisk?] Actions taken on dates: 1861-05-15,1861-05-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on May 15, 1861 and referred to the joint special committee on the governor's address and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on May 15, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 29 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 29 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored 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: To remove the word “white” from the militia laws, anomalous to the spirit of justice and equality, desire to be recognized by the law as competeul to and worthy of defending our homes and the government that protects those homes Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, referred to next General Court 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.