Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of John Greenleaf Whittier

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668839 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Amesbury, Salisbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William S. Pettingill, Salisbury; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:John Greenleaf WhittierGeorge TurnerJames W. BriggsJoseph Morrill Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 19, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate and laid on the table Total signatures: 157 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 157 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.