Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of George R. Pierce

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858368 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obed Swain, Nantucket; joint select committee on slavery Selected signatures:George R. PierceEmily M. FullerClara G. AllenDiana JonesLewis BerrySarah WrightRobert CooperEunice F. RossA.F. Boston [Absalom F. Boston]Caroline D. CloughHannah BostonSusan PompeyCharles GodfreySarah RossMary BerryWesley BerryBenajah Boston Actions taken on dates: 1851-01-28,1851-01-29 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1851 and referred to the joint select committee on slavery and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 29, 1851 and concurred Total signatures: 211 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 63 Female signatures: 132 Unidentified signatures: 16 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [males of color], [females of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents 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.