House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Abram A. Gifford

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029898 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Westport Selected signatures:Abram A. GiffordH.G. Gifford Total signatures: 2 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["and another"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.