Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of J.W. Scribner

Petition subject: To protect rights and liberties of Commonwealth inhabitants Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858456 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lowell Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obadiah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the subject of slavery Selected signatures:J.W. ScribnerStephen Barker Jr.Josiah CornerN. Booth [Nathaniel Booth?] Actions taken on dates: 1851-02-06,1851-02-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 6, 1851 and referred to the committee on the subject of slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 7, 1851 and concurred Total signatures: 98 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 98 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, [males of color?], [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Sent by or to \"Stephen Barker Jr.\"; the label \"other persons\" is not crossed out, but the column contains a signature with \"M.D.\"/doctor Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1851, Docket 13162 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.