Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of David Lee Child

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668840 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles W. Slack, Boston; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:David Lee ChildLydia Maria ChildS.E. Sewall [Samuel E. Sewall]E.P. Peabody [Elizabeth P. Peabody?]H.W. SewallAlpheus BigelowGeorge L. StearnsMary E. Stearns Actions taken on dates: 1861-03-05,1861-03-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 5, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on March 12, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 12 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 7 Female signatures: 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Lengthy text, constitution quotes, Solomon Northup Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.