Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.489, SC1/series 229, Petition of Edward R. Carter

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670474 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Westminster Selected signatures:Edward R. CarterGeorge W. WarePatrick McDonnell Total signatures: 80 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 67 Female signatures: 1 Other male signatures: 5 Unidentified signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.489, passed May 21, 1855 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.