Senate Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 13162, SC1/series 231, Petition of David S. Rowe

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858306 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Westfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Claflin, Hopkinton; committee on slavery Selected signatures:David S. RoweGeorge A. GibsonDaniel Lewis Actions taken on dates: 1851-02-05 Legislative action: Received on February 5, 1851 and referred to the committee on slavery Total signatures: 10 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 10 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Not sure on legislative date, no action 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.