House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Bourne Spooner

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029915 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Plymouth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Knight; [Horatio G. Knight, Easthampton?]; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Bourne SpoonerWilliam StephensJoseph Allen Actions taken on dates: 1859-03-18 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 18, 1859 and laid on the table and referred to the committee on federal relations Total signatures: 36 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 36 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes note 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.