Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Edwin Upton

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668858 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Fitchburg Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David H. Merriam, Fitchburg; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Edwin UptonAbel F. AdamsJames F. Monroe Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-12,1861-02-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on February 13, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 252 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 252 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: voters, ["legal voters"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Four texts 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.