House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2566, SC1/series 230, Petition of Austin Bearse

Petition subject: For residents of discriminating states entering Massachusetts be required to give bonds to keep peace towards all persons in the state Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005517 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Barnstable Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Knowles Butler, Falmouth; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Austin BearseLoring MoodyEzekiel Thacher Actions taken on dates: 1850-03-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 9, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 109 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 109 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["legal voters"], ["shipmasters"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: "a large portion of them being shipmasters" Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2566 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.