House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 2726, SC1/series 230, Petition of William A. White

Petition subject: Fugitive slave laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005525 Date of creation: 1851-04-04 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester Selected signatures:William A. WhiteCornelius BramhallJohn T. SargentWilliam I. BowditchSamuel G. HoweTheodore ParkerBourne SpoonerRobert MorrisFrancis JacksonWilliam C. NellRobert F. WallcutCharles K. WhippleEdmund QuincyEdmund JacksonSamuel May Jr.Loring Moody Actions taken on dates: 1851-04-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 4, 1851 and laid on the table Total signatures: 28 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 28 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: 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: Request for a public meeting on the arrest of a citizen under the fugitive slave bill Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1851, Docket 2726 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.