Senate Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 11669, SC1/series 231, Petition of John Pierpont

Petition subject: For defense and support of those aiding the escape of slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381158 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Suffolk; special joint committee on the governor's message Selected signatures:John PierpontFrancis JacksonEllis Gray LoringWilliam DallWilliam JacksonEdmund JacksonHenry I. BowditchJohn L. EmmonsWilliam F. Channing Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-21,1845-01-21 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 21, 1845 and referred to the special joint committee on the governor's message and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 21, 1845 and concurred Total signatures: 9 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 9 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: many thousand persons, right to liberty tried or adjudicated, process of law, slaves, solely by the force of laws of congress, laws unconstitutional and void, 5th article of the amendment of the constitution, life liberty or property, due process of law, aid the escape of persons, counsel for the defense of such citizens, supreme court, [vigilance committee] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1845, Docket 11669 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.