House Unpassed Legislation 1861, referred to next General Court, SC1/series 230, Petition of Robert Morris

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018092 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Marshall S. Underwood, Dennis; joint special committee on the governor's address Selected signatures:Robert MorrisAaron A. BradleyGeorge DowningJames WatkinsJohn J. SmithSamuel T. BirminghamThomas P. TaylorThomas SmithJohn V. de GrasseLewis HaydenJohn W. BollingJohn J. SmithWilliam D. CurtisE.J. DecourseyJ.J. JohnsonCoffin PittsJeremiah HarveyE.F.B. MundrucuGeorge H. BondJoseph N. ButlerSamuell PrideStephen RayHenry LewisE.H. GrayMarion JenkinsB.C. GregoryWilliam ButlerThomas WilliamsSimpson H. LewisJohn JohnstonRichard GreeneJames D. RuffinGeorge L. RuffinT.R. WatsonThomas TaylorCharles H. StormsJohn AtkinsJ.W. AndersonHorace J. MartinWilliam ReddingWilliam Henry DavisRobert BakerE.B. GardnerJ.P. MilesWilliam MooreJohn LongWilliam MooreJohn PrideHenry LivingstonWeston FisherJoseph N. WalkerG.W. ThompsonJonas W. ClarkJohn L. MarshallJohn W. HarveyMatthias H. LewisJ.H. SmithBenjamin F. WashingtonFrank WatkinsWilliam C. Shorter Actions taken on dates: 1861-05-15,1861-05-15 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on May 15, 1861 and referred to the joint special committee on the governor's address and sent for concurrence and received in the House on May 15, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 72 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 72 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: That colored citizens may form military companies, includes M.D. next to John V. De Grasse signature Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, referred to next General Court 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.