Senate Unpassed Legislation 1860, rejected by the House, SC1/series 231, Petition of William Wells Brown

<p>Petition subject: Military companies </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11665837">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11665837</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1860-01-16 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry L. Pierce, Dorchester; committee on federal relations </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Wells Brown</li><li>William C. Nell</li><li>John S. Rock</li><li>Robert Morris</li><li>J. Sella Martin</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1860-02-06,1860-02-07 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 6, 1860 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 7, 1860 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 5 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 5 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["colored citizens of Boston"] </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>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: To abolish militia restrictions based on color, removal from the statutes the word "white" in that section or clause which provides for the enrollment of the militia; [many additional documents at archives; includes resolution that was adopted at a public meeting of the colored citizens of the city of Boston at Bethel Church, Reverend, religious] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1860, rejected by the House </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>