Passed Resolves; Resolves 1867, SC1/series 228, Petition of Christopher Bryant

Petition subject: Against the ratification of the fourteenth amendment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956311 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edwin G. Walker, Charlestown; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Christopher BryantHarvey CooperGilbert WalkerHenry JohnsonI. Mason [Isaac Mason?]Allen Walker Actions taken on dates: 1867-01-16,1867-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1867 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent up for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 17, 1867 and concurred Total signatures: 41 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 41 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: loyal citizens, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1867, passed March 20, 1867 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.