Senate Unpassed Legislation 1861, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Nathan T. Wood

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858788 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lawrence Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obadiah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the personal liberty law Selected signatures:Nathan T. WoodEbenezer BurbankPhilip Sargent Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty law Total signatures: 176 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 61 Female signatures: 59 Other male signatures: 25 Unidentified signatures: 31 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], [other males], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Reverend and "Methodist" next to signatures Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1861, leave to withdraw 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.