House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Alvan Howes

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029848 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Barnstable Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ezekiel Thacher, Yarmouth Port, Ms. Selected signatures:Alvan HowesNancy L. HowesSarah H. Lovell Total signatures: 114 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 39 Female signatures: 75 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, non voters, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.