Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.124, SC1/series 228, Petition of H.W. Carter

Petition subject: Protesting illegal detentions of people in territories and slavery in Washington D.C. Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670580 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hubbardston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the agency at New Orleans Selected signatures:H.W. CarterLinda W. RaymondSylvia H. Earle Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-14,1845-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 14, 1845 and referred to the committee on the agency at New Orleans and received in the Senate on February 15, 1845 and concurred Total signatures: 125 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 61 Female signatures: 64 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, men, women, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1845, c.124, passed March 26, 1845 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.